Immigrants with multiple wives will get more benefits, officials admit

 

Immigrants with multiple wives will receive higher benefits payments in future as Government attempts to tackle the problem backfire. 

One Man, Three Wives, and Taxpayer-Funded Benefits – Is Britain’s Welfare System Encouraging What the Law Forbids?

Let’s talk about a legal contradiction that’s flying under the radar.

 

We now have reports of polygamous households in Britain – where a man has multiple “wives” under unofficial religious arrangements – potentially claiming thousands in extra welfare benefits. And this is happening while polygamy itself remains illegal under UK law (bigamy carries a prison sentence).

 

Take the case of Nabilah Phillips, a former Cambridge engineering PhD student who chose to become a second wife, and then a third wife joined the family. Her husband, Hasan, admits juggling three separate London households is “like spinning plates.”

 

But here’s the uncomfortable question nobody seems to be answering clearly: How can the state simultaneously criminalise polygamy, yet allow benefit rules that effectively reward it?

Under current rules, a husband with multiple partners may claim additional Universal Credit or housing benefit for each “household” – because each wife is recognised as a single parent. Taxpayers end up subsidising arrangements that the law says shouldn’t exist in the first place.

 

That’s not a judgement on anyone’s culture or faith. It’s about consistency.

If polygamy is illegal, the welfare system shouldn’t be structured to fund it – whether directly or by loophole. Otherwise, what exactly are we saying? “It’s illegal, unless you call it something else”?

Strolling in a park, a London businessman and his THREE wives - just one of up to 20,000 such multi-wife marriages in polygamy Britain. 

As a bright, eager student at Cambridge University, with one degree already under her belt, Nabilah Phillips could look forward to a successful career and comfortable future.

After completing her engineering PhD she would, perhaps, take up a coveted, highly-paid job in industry, or stay on as an academic lecturing the next generation.

Instead, however, Nabilah, now 35, took an extremely unexpected path. She abandoned her studies, forfeiting her hard-won university place and entered a polygamous marriage, becoming the second wife of London businessman Hasan Phillips, 32 — who has since acquired a third wife.

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How many acid attacks are there, in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Índia and Zanzibar?

 

The acid attack on two young British women in Zanzibar has cast a spotlight again on a sinister crime. How often do such assaults happen?

Anyone who throws acid in someone's face intends to scar them for life.

It is a crime with a marked gender skew. Experts say that women and girls are victims in 75-80% of cases. Of the female victims, about 30% are under 18.

The case of Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee, British tourists in Zanzibar, who had acid thrown on their faces, chests and hands, has caused revulsion.

The artistic director of Russia's Bolshoi Ballet was attacked in January. Now after 18 operations he is still almost completely blind, external, according to reports.

Another high profile case was that of Katie Piper,who in 2008 was the victim of an acid attack orchestrated by herjealous boyfriend. Since then she has had nearly 100 operations andbecome a campaigner.

Bolshoi Ballet artistic director Sergei Filin was attacked in January

NHS statistics for England do not separate out acid attacks. In 2011-12 there were 105 hospital admissions in England for "assault by corrosive substance", but the category covers more than just acid.

But 1,500 cases are recorded around the world every year, according to the Acid Survivors Trust International. "That is likely to be massively underreported," says Jaf Shah, ASTI executive director. "Most victims are fearful to report it to the police for fear of reprisal."

The lack of solid reported figures makes it hard to say whether acid attacks are on the rise globally, Shah says.

India has an increasing problem with acid attacks.ASTI estimates that 1,000 take place there every year. Eight weeks ago the country's supreme court criticised the Indian government for failing to act on the problem.

Mohammad Jawad, a plastic surgeon who helped rebuild Katie Piper's face and works with victims in South Asia, says the crime is about trying to destroy someone's identity.

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No more "mothers" in Pennsylvania - it becames "postpartum individuals"

 

O que procuram os muçulmanos no Ocidente? Casas, subsídios e poder, a pouco e pouco...

 

Acid attacks on women and girls in Bangladesh

  

Khodaja and her baby daughter Sonali were sleeping in their home in Bangladesh when they were attacked with acid as the result of a land dispute with a relative. Sonali was so young at the time that the acid permanently altered the shape of her skull. 

Khodaja says: "It took a few days before I became properly conscious of my surroundings. Then I became so worried about the future and the challenges that could come up, because my daughter's face and mine were so distorted. My mother tried to tell me not to feel worried about this. She tried to give me hope that things would improve. Though I didn’t know what the future would hold, I knew it would never be the same”.

After the attack, the family were helped by an ActionAid partner organisation called SoDesh, who put them in touch with the Acid Survivors Foundation. The Foundation was set up to prevent acid and burn violence and to empower survivors of these attacks, especially women and children. They helped pay for the initial medical bills and gave the family counselling.

 

European (women) are prostitutes

 

Than, come talking about stereotypes...

 

Protesting because a coffe-shop is runing by an homophobic