[From article]
A father of eleven who has been claiming benefits for the past ten years says he doesn’t believe in using contraception – even though he admits the government pays for his children’s upkeep.
Mohammed Salim and his wife Noreen, 40, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, receive £27,000 a year in child tax credits and job seeker's allowance.
The 58-year-old Muslim said he doesn’t believe he has been irresponsible for having so many offspring. They had their eldest son in 1991 and another ten followed, with their ages now ranging between 24 to seven years old.
Mohammed said he has no regrets about having a large family, even though, in his words, 'it is the government who pay for their upkeep, food and clothing'.
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'Having 11 children isn't irresponsible, we don't believe in contraception, we are following god's first command, he said "go forth and multiply",' he told Channel 5's On Benefits: 26 Kids And Claiming documentary.
Mohammed, whose family of 13 lives in a four-bedroom house and often travel by mini-bus, once worked as a teacher but has been on benefits for the last ten years.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3293843/Father-claimed-benefits-10-years-says-not-irresponsible-having-ELEVEN-children-god-s-command-forth-multiply.html
Father who has been on benefits for a decade claims he is NOT irresponsible for having ELEVEN children - because it is 'God's command to go forth and multiply'
Mohammed Salim, 58, has 11 children with his wife Noreen in Rochdale
Said it is expensive to feed a big family and shopping costs £300 a week
Relies on £27,000 a year in benefits as he hasn't worked for a decade
By LUCY WATERLOW FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 05:17 EST, 29 October 2015 | UPDATED: 05:33 EST, 29 October 2015
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