Israeli Goel Ratzon sits in a courtroom at the district court in Tel Aviv, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010. Ratzon, a 60-year-old Israeli man who kept a harem of at least 21 women who bore him 49 children, has been charged with multiple counts of enslavement, rape, incest and other sexual offenses. An Israeli man who kept a cult-like harem of women and fathered dozens of children with them was charged in a Tel... 

Extra benefits: Muslim men with multiple wives can claim more for income support Husbands living in a “harem” with multiple wives have been cleared to claim state benefits for all their different partners. A Muslim man with four spouses – which is permitted under Islamic law – could receive £10,000 a year in income support alone. He could also be entitled to more generous housing...