<p>   u00a0</p>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   According to the Council, some of them don&#39;t even have any qualms in becoming second or third wives to married men.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The charity, based in Britain, gives legal guidance to Muslims and has said it is receiving a high number of queries from women struggling to find suitable partners.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/mar/polygamy.jpg" style="float: left; width: 300px; height: 177px; " />Many of the women have also said they would prefer to hold down high-profile jobs rather than look after their husbands.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Taking more than one wife is illegal in the UK but men marry again in a &#39;nikah&#39; ceremony, allowing them to take up to four wives.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   Mizan Raja, 35, who organises Muslim marriages around the world, said that he has had hundreds of calls in the past six months from women asking about becoming second wives.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;The demand for these relationships is led by the women, not the men. In one generation women have become educated, entrepreneurial and professional,&quot; the Daily Mail quoted Raja as saying.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   &quot;The Muslim community is struggling with this, how do you cope with women who wear trousers?</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   He revealed that many Muslim men just wanted a &#39;homemaker&#39; and to come home to a clean house and a plate of food on the table.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   He added the men didn&#39;t want the &#39;headache&#39; of being in a relationship with a professional woman.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   It is thought the Muslim women are also actively seeking out married men because they do not want the hassle of having to cook for their husbands after a hard day at work and are quite happy to get into part-time relationships.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   One woman who spoke to the Sunday Times, and asked not to be named, had an affair with a married man after divorcing her first husband.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   When he offered to leave his wife she preferred to become his second wife because she did not want him &#39;under her shoes 24/7&#39;.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   It is thought about 12,000 brides are brought to the UK by Muslim men.</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   u00a0</div>  <div id="cke_pastebin">   The decline in available husbands has become such a problem it is now referred to as the &#39;Muslim spinster crisis&#39;.u00a0</div>  

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