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[[Ashkenazi]] Jews banned polygyny around A.D. 1000.  [[Sephardi]] Jews continued to practice it in [[Islam]]ic lands for some time after that.  [[Yemen]]i and [[Ethiopia]]n Jews practice it to this day.  [[Israel]] forbids polygyny, with the exception that a man with multiple wives who moves to Israel may remain married to his existing wives but not marry additional ones.<ref>Judaism 101: Marriage [http://www.jewfaq.org/marriage.htm#Relationship]</ref>
 
[[Ashkenazi]] Jews banned polygyny around A.D. 1000.  [[Sephardi]] Jews continued to practice it in [[Islam]]ic lands for some time after that.  [[Yemen]]i and [[Ethiopia]]n Jews practice it to this day.  [[Israel]] forbids polygyny, with the exception that a man with multiple wives who moves to Israel may remain married to his existing wives but not marry additional ones.<ref>Judaism 101: Marriage [http://www.jewfaq.org/marriage.htm#Relationship]</ref>
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The [[Koran]] permitted of polygyny <ref>"... Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four ..." Koran 4:3-4 [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/004.qmt.html#004.003]</ref>.  The practice was also known among European tribes in pre-Christian Europe and in both China and Japan
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The [[Qur'an]] permitted polygyny <ref>"... Marry women of your choice, Two or three or four ..." Koran 4:3-4 [http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/004.qmt.html#004.003]</ref>.  The practice was also known among European tribes in pre-Christian Europe and in both China and Japan
 
<ref>Polygyny in Europe and China[http://www.trivia-library.com/b/alternative-forms-of-marriage-polygyny-part-1.htm]</ref>.   
 
<ref>Polygyny in Europe and China[http://www.trivia-library.com/b/alternative-forms-of-marriage-polygyny-part-1.htm]</ref>.   
  
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