Women's groups say polygamy is putting women at risk. "These women can be abused, raped, mistreated, and because their marriages

"If a husband takes a second wife and doesn't behave equally toward her, when he dies he will be handicapped in the hereafter and go to hell," he said.

Islamic scholars washed their feet as they debated the merits of a second marriage.

financial burden

"My rule is to behave equally toward all of my wives," he said. "But the first wife was very, very jealous when the second wife came. When the third arrived, the first two created an alliance against her. So I have to be a good diplomat."

Ottoman period, when harem culture abounded and having several wives was viewed as a symbol of influence, sexual prowess and wealth.

Because polygamous marriages are not recognized by the state -- imams who conduct them are subject to punishment -

polygamy reinforces the stereotype

Polygamy is creating cultural clashes in a country struggling to reconcile the secularism of the republic with its Muslim traditions.

The practice is generally accepted under the Koran.

God commands us to be fruitful and multiply."

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who outlawed polygamy in 1926, is prominently displayed.

With his 5 wives, 55 children and 80 grandchildren, 400 sheep, 1,200 acres of land and a small army of servants, Aga Mehmet Arslan would seem an unlikely defender of monogamy.

Try “Hine pumpkin” to see cheerier photographs by legendary documentary photographer Lewis W. Hine.

Baldung witches” to see a number of the German Renaissance painter Hans Baldung’s ghoulish drawings

“caprichos” will lead you to Francisco Goya’s legendary series of prints, rife with witches, demons

Henry Fuseli’s famous “Nightmare,”

search for “Day of the Dead” to find images of calacas

celebrate the season, there are thousands of suitably macabre images in the Artstor Digital Library

Brazil, Dia de Finados(“Day of the Dead”) is celebrated on November 2

Guatemalans build and fly giant kites

Ecuador, the Day of the Dead is observed with ceremonial foods

Many Latin American countries hold similar celebrations, with some colorful regional differences:

People in Mexico often build altars using brightly decorated sugar skulls, marigolds (popularly known as Flor de Muerto, “Flower of the Dead”),

the celebration conflates the Catholic holidays with an Aztec festival dedicated to a goddess called Mictecacihuatl, the “Lady of the Dead.”

Mexico is known as Día de los Muertos, “Day of the Dead,”

Roman Catholic heritage, All Saints Day and All Souls Day (November 2)

The evening before All Saints Day was referred to as All Hallows’ Eve, which eventually became Halloween.

stems from the Celtic harvest festival of Samhain (roughly, “summer’s end”) held on October 31–November 1, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes