Sabha Sajjad-Hazai, a lawyer practicing in Ontario and a member of the national board of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, was interviewed in CBC's The Fifth Estate episode Polygamy in Canada: An Open Secret and states the following:
Originally posted on Dr. Hamid Slimi's Facebook Page on January 15, 2019.
Editor's Note: After the publication of my reflection on CBC's documentary about polygamy among Muslims in Canada, we have received numerous responses from Muslim Canadians whose lives have been impacted by polygamy in Canada in both positive, but mostly negative ways.
A recent CBC Fifth Estate episode about polygamy among Muslim Canadians and its accompanying article has sparked online debate among Muslims.
You can watch the documentary online below.
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