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| A Nigerian man with 86 wives, Mohammadu Bello Abubakar, has been arrested by an Islamic court for refusing to divorce all but four of them. | A Nigerian man with 86 wives, Mohammadu Bello Abubakar, has been arrested by an Islamic court for refusing to divorce all but four of them. |
| He was picked up in a pre-dawn raid on his house in Bida, Niger state and charged with "insulting religious creed" and "unlawful marriages". | He was picked up in a pre-dawn raid on his house in Bida, Niger state and charged with "insulting religious creed" and "unlawful marriages". |
| A Sharia court judge denied him bail until another hearing on October 6. | A Sharia court judge denied him bail until another hearing on October 6. |
| Last week he won a court injunction preventing authorities banishing him if he refused to divorce his wives. | Last week he won a court injunction preventing authorities banishing him if he refused to divorce his wives. |
| Mr Bello Abubakar, an Islamic preacher, has more than 170 children. | Mr Bello Abubakar, an Islamic preacher, has more than 170 children. |
| Divorce | Divorce |
| Local traditional rulers told him to divorce his wives by the end of August or be evicted from his home. | Local traditional rulers told him to divorce his wives by the end of August or be evicted from his home. |
| A court was due to sit on Thursday to decide if the order violated his human rights. | A court was due to sit on Thursday to decide if the order violated his human rights. |
| Lawyers for Mr Bello Abubakar said he had not broken any law. | Lawyers for Mr Bello Abubakar said he had not broken any law. |
| Mr Abubakar says there is no punishment stated in the Koran for having more than four wives. | Mr Abubakar says there is no punishment stated in the Koran for having more than four wives. |
| Niger is one of the Muslim majority states to have reintroduced Sharia punishments since 2000. | Niger is one of the Muslim majority states to have reintroduced Sharia punishments since 2000. |
| Several people have been sentenced to death for adultery by Sharia courts but none of these sentences have been carried out. | Several people have been sentenced to death for adultery by Sharia courts but none of these sentences have been carried out. |
| Muslim scholars agree that it is allowed in Islam to have up to four wives, as long as you treat them equally. | Muslim scholars agree that it is allowed in Islam to have up to four wives, as long as you treat them equally. |
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