Yogyakarta – Dozens of students from Yogyakarta Muhammadiyah University staged a protest against polygamy Friday by distributing pamphlets to motorists at a busy intersection, asking them to join their call for a ban on polygamy.

The protesters also staged street theater performances that showed a family with two wives.

The protest coordinator, Vivi, said Islam honored fairness and did not place men above women. "Don't use religion as an excuse for polygamy just to satisfy your own lust," she said.

The protesters said the practice would not only affect women but may lead to violence and have a negative psychological effect on children.