Controversial UK polygamy dating site passes 100,000 members, by Victoria Crow.

Web entrepreneur Azad Chaiwala claims membership for his polygamist dating sites has soared to more than 100,000 members, amid reports of a rise in multiple marriages across the UK.

The 33-year-old born in Manchester to parents of Pakistani origin said the reality is “women are not sexual beings” but are “nurturing” and “caring”. As opposed to men who “can’t even walk down the street without seeing billboards that are triggering every notion inside them”.

“What I’m advocating is that you have your main partner which for men would be their first wife then they take on a second wife or a third wife, and I’m limiting it at four,” he told news.com.au. …

He now runs Secondwife.com aimed at the Muslim community in the UK and Polygamy.com which has members of various faiths that are 55 per cent female. Both are designed for men seeking wives rather than the other way around as it doesn’t make for a “viable business,” he said. …

Once established, men typically spend alternate days with each wife and provide houses, cars and financial arrangements of equal value. …

The fact that polygamy is illegal in Australia and the UK has not deterred advocates of the trend, which is reportedly on the rise among young people in Britain. Dating sites show profiles of young women who state they are “accepting” of polygamy with career aspirations, the desire for a large family and independence among some of the reasons women state they are in favor of the idea.

Islam allows polygamy, but not same sex marriage. How long before Muslims are allowed to have multiple wives here?