Polygamy in Morocco

Owing to recent legal restrictions imposed by the government of Morocco, polygamous marriages are nearly nonexistent. Even with these new limitations, polygamy is still practised by a good number of Muslims living in the nation. However, according to various reports from outsiders, Morocco is said to be one of the least accepting of polygamy in the Muslim world, probably because of the legal restrictions enforced by the government.

References

Moroccan New Family Law Fails to Stop Polygamy, Al-Arab 2008-03-03

Polygamous marriage by country

Performed
legally

Nationwide	Afghanistan Algeria Bahrain Bangladesh Brunei Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad CAR Comoros Congo Djibouti Egypt Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia India¹ Indonesia Iran Iraq Jordan Kenya Kuwait Lebanon Libya Malaysia Maldives Mali Mauritania Morocco Myanmar Niger Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Senegal Sierra Leone Singapore Somalia Sri Lanka¹ Sudan Syria Tanzania Togo Uganda UAE Yemen Zambia

Statewide	Eritrea (Sharia districts)² Nigeria (Sharia states) Palestine Gaza Strip West Bank

Recognized if
performed
legally abroad

Australia (2008)
New Zealand (1980)
United Kingdom (2008; welfare only)

Recognized under
customary law

Other countries
and regions

Legal status
Polygamy
Polygyny
Polyandry
Non-monogamy
Polygamy by country
Marriage practice by country

¹ Illegal in all forms; Muslims exempt
² Regions governed by Sharia
NB: In certain countries and regions, only Muslims may legally contract a polygamous marriage

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