{"id":1036,"date":"2008-11-25T12:39:32","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T16:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2008-11-25T12:39:32","modified_gmt":"2008-11-25T16:39:32","slug":"bigamy-is-the-only-crime-where-two-rites-make-a-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/bigamy-is-the-only-crime-where-two-rites-make-a-wrong\/","title":{"rendered":"Bigamy is the only crime where two rites make a wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-557331\/Muslim-spared-speeding-ban-drive-wives.html\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Muslim is spared a speeding ban so he can drive between his two wives<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/img.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2008\/04_01\/anwarDM0404_228x321.jpg\" alt=\"Add an Image\" width=\"228\" height=\"321\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to avoiding a ban for speeding, the courts hear every excuse in the book.<\/p>\n<p>But yesterday one motorist offered what must be a unique reason why he should keep his licence.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Anwar said a ban would make it difficult to commute between his two wives and fulfil his matrimonial duties.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyer told a Scottish court the Muslim restaurant owner has one wife in Motherwell and another in Glasgow &#8211; he is allowed up to four under his religion &#8211; and sleeps with them on alternate nights.<\/p>\n<p>He also needed his driving licence to run his restaurant in Falkirk, Stirlingshire.<\/p>\n<p>Airdrie Sheriff Court had heard that Anwar was caught driving at 64mph in a 30mph zone in Glasgow, fast enough to qualify for instant disqualification.<\/p>\n<p>Anwar admitted the offence, but Sheriff John C. Morris accepted his plea not to be banned and allowed him to keep his licence.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he was fined \u00a3200 and given six penalty points.<\/p>\n<p>His lawyer, Paul Nicolson, said: &#8220;He realises his licence is at risk, but this is an unusual case and is very anxious to keep his driving licence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has one wife in Motherwell and another in Glasgow and sleeps with one one night and stays with the other the next on an alternate basis.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Without his driving licence he would be unable to do this on a regular basis.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now this all seems perfectly reasonable to me. In fact, I think the speeding laws should be modified thus:<br \/>\n1 wife: must drive at the speed limit<br \/>\n2 wives: allowed to drive 20 km\/hour over the limit<br \/>\n3 wives: allowed to drive 30 km\/hour over the limit<br \/>\n4 wives: allowed to drive 40 km\/hour over the limit<br \/>\n5 wives and above: should be given a state supplied Aston Martin and allowed to drive at any speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Here Muslim is spared a speeding ban so he can drive between his two wives When it comes to avoiding a ban for speeding, the courts hear every excuse in the book. But yesterday one motorist offered what must &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/bigamy-is-the-only-crime-where-two-rites-make-a-wrong\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[2178],"class_list":["post-1036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daft","tag-islam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}