DAMASCUS: Six months after Maha's husband was killed in Syria's bloody civil war, the mother-of-two took a decision that has become increasingly common -- she became a second wife. "My cousin suggested we get married, and now I live with his wife and children. "We have more women than men here. "So there are more women than men, and the solution from a legal and religious point of view is polygamy," he told AFP. "The tribunals bypass the restrictions put in place by law to allow a man to take a second wife...

Source: Economic Times September 12, 2016 02:48 UTC