Father of 78 wants 100 kids by 2015
Filed under: Just For Dads, Activities: Babies, Siblings
As much as I like to joke about how looking after a large family would drive me insane, I secretly fantasize about having more kids. I think it'd be a blast to spend my days chasing after multiple rug rats.
But I'm not sure I could handle 78. That's how many children Daad Mohammed Murad Abdul Rahman has with 15 wives (and ex wives -- local law says he can only have four wives at a time, so he has to keep divorcing the old ones to continue marrying).
And he's not done. Abdul Rahman says he's on the lookout for new brides -- women with whom he plans to father an addition 22 children, bringing him to the grand total of 100. The 60-year-old figures it'll take another three wives, and eight years to make that dream a reality.
The enormous family apparently lives in 15 houses, supported partially by their father's military pension and with money from the local government.
I'm not sure I agree with Mr. Abdul Rahman's century scheme, but I can't help but wish him luck in achieving it.












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8-26-2007 @ 10:56AM
gino said...this is typical with middle eastern men, they put soo much emphasis on manhood by the number of wives and children they have - hence coined the western term "stud." - you can't help admire the man for wanting more children, talk about male virility!
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8-26-2007 @ 10:21AM
dianne said...somebody cut that thing off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!dumb.
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8-26-2007 @ 11:14AM
Sue said...You could never be a dad to 78 kids. It is just wrong, it is really like these kids don't have a dad. I think he needs to be fixed like a DOG!!!
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8-26-2007 @ 10:33AM
ANNA said...pLEASE DON'T SHOW US WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE....I PICTURE HILLBILLY..........UNSHAVEN, GREYING, BIG SMILE ON HIS STUPID FACE.......(GAGGING) WHAT WILL IT PROVE ? HOPE THOSE KIDS WILL ALL KNOW THEY ARE RELATED! THE SCENERIOS THIS BRINGS TO MIND ARE STOMACH-CHURNING. PUT THIS GUY TO SLEEP!!! AOL COULD DO BETTER THAN A STUPID STORY LIKE THIS.
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8-26-2007 @ 10:26AM
PaSoccer said...THIS MAN IS A PIG! He is absolutely disgusting with no respect for women. I agree...castration is in order!
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8-26-2007 @ 10:26AM
mlbox said...He doesn't live in this country, the culture is different, the laws are different. He doesn't care about women, he uses them and tosses them away. His culture supports this mentality. I am glad I live in the US.
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8-26-2007 @ 10:27AM
rebelkuti said...Note to Selma:
The Duggars are a family that lives in the U.S. and they have about 17 kids or maybe more by now. They are not on public assistance. The man in this article is apparently from a foreign country, so we don't have to directly pay towards rearing his brood with our taxes. The one you have to worry about it my husband's ex wife. She has 3 kids by 3 different men and I doubt she's ready to stop yet. She has milked the welfare system for YEARS.
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8-26-2007 @ 10:31AM
Alexiss Randolph said...I think that he should be LOCKED UP by using the government to take care of his children. And he need to be sent over to Iraq to serve this country since we are supporting his kids.
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8-26-2007 @ 10:34AM
Connie said...You can't help but wish him luck????? What about the women he is divorcing? What is happening to them? LUCK? What an invidious view of the world you have! Pity the woman ever married to you.
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8-26-2007 @ 10:32AM
ANNA said..."c" you are a riot!!! too true....... that's what the world needs, more convience stores, with gas stations! owned by people who think they are better than us....who never bother to learn the language. but they sure know how to count money.
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8-26-2007 @ 10:31AM
noa davison said...who does this ignorant narcissistic rag head think he is?one must be very selfish, delusional and completely ignorant[or just not care] about the situationright now .its more important to breed like rabbits to spread more vermin around the cesspool he probably alrteady lives in. and who the hell has the selfish ego trip to think he haas any business having babies at 60. not with my taxes, hopefully,but im sure one day when some of his offspring, when they ineveitably decide to "migrate"
to ourcountry there will be plenty of countyhospital[births] education[schoool for the next genereation]
and of course the ensuing medicare/welfare that usually goes to them frm our pockets
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8-26-2007 @ 10:38AM
Ruth said...How selfish of him!! Those poor children who will have to grow up with an old, old father who can't possibly participate in their day to day activities. I'm so sorry for them.
Also, if a person can't pay for their own children, don't have them - I grew up below poverty level, was abandoned by my father but my mother never received public aid. She worked in the factory, held her head high and taught her children to 'pull themselves up by their own boot straps'. We all have. Thanks Mom!
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8-26-2007 @ 10:39AM
nicole said...thank u those of u that pointed out the obvious! he cant live in america with that many wives. geesh, let him do what he wants!
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8-26-2007 @ 10:40AM
lisa said...yeah baby . . . some great parenting skills there . . . what colleges do you think these kids will apply to?
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8-26-2007 @ 10:39AM
msroanne said...OMG!! What the Hell.
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8-26-2007 @ 10:48AM
Nancy said...It is immoral to have this number of children. For the children's sake with the lack of an emotionally available parent, for the impact on the environment, and for someone's own ego needs to spread the "seed". Gyneth Paltrow was quoted recently in the paper to want many more children (biological). This is also irresponsible, just because you have money doesn't mean it is the right thing to do. Person's with high profile should take the time to understand the power they have and that their comments could be helpful to society not for just personal gratification.
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8-26-2007 @ 10:40AM
Judy said...I don't mean to be prejudiced, but from a woman's standpoint I sure would hate to be a Muslim. These obviously are just being treated as slaves and brood mares. I can't see a shred of evidence that their mental or physical well-being is being considered here -- or the children's for that matter. How they can possibly be nutured physically or in any other way. For you guys who think this guy is a hero -- you are as selfish and moronic as he is. And yes -- Mother Earth does not all these children to support.
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8-26-2007 @ 1:14PM
Brad said...FYI -- anyone who has studied Osama bin Laden's life will realize that he came from the same sort of dysfunctional "extended" family and even had his own demented family now. When humans live like farm animals, don't expect them to grow up to believe in a loving God, expect them to grow up to believe in a vicious God. Islam is the most fundamentally evil religion I know of and maybe that stems from its acceptance of treating women like farm animals? If you think it is okay to treat your own mother as you would treat a cow or a pig, then what respect are you going to have for strangers? None.
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8-26-2007 @ 10:50AM
opall1069 said..."The enormous family apparently lives in 15 houses, supported partially by their father's military pension and with money from the local government."
So the government is helping this man take care of all those kids and will support the next 22 as well. That's where are tax dollars are going.....
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8-26-2007 @ 10:50AM
Judy said...One other thought though -- it is not fair to lump all Muslims together. I don't believe you see this kind of behavior in Muslims who have emigrated to this country. They have probabely come here to escape the radicals who practice their religion in this way and the countries where this brand of religion is forced on them. We can't judge a whole religion by the behavior of some people, and women are treated horribly in many cultures, but that is gradually changing. The key is education and humanitarian programs -- not war. War just breeds hatred and more misery in this world.
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