A MARRIAGE counsellor claims that he is seeing a worrying trend of older Muslim couples experiencing family crises, primarily caused by husbands secretly taking second wives.
Husim Salleh, who is based in Selangor, claimed that he sees over 15 such cases monthly involving couples in their 50s and 60s, Harian Metro reported.
“In most cases, husbands secretly take a second wife without the first wife’s knowledge or approval. When the secret comes out, it creates conflict within the family, often leading the first wife to seek a divorce,” said Husim.
Many of these men justify their actions by claiming that their older wives have gone through menopause and are no longer interested in being intimate.
“These older men then look for girlfriends in their 20s, while the younger women favour the more experienced man who is seen as more romantic and rich.”
Instead of working things out with their polygamous husbands, older women often seek to end their marriage despite being together for decades and raising children, he said.
> Singer and entrepreneur Datuk Ifa Raziah has apologised to Sabahans, Sarawakians and the Iban community after she was accused of making derogatory remarks in a social media post.
Berita Harian reported that the 49-year-old said that she had no intention of insulting anyone and was merely joking with her close friend, Kelly Azman.
The singer claimed that her comment was not intended to shame any particular ethnic group.
“I didn’t mean anything by that comment. I had no intention of hurting the feelings of Sabahans and Sarawakians, especially the Iban community,” she said in an Instagram video.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.
