AN Egyptian man went on trial in Cairo on Sunday on charges he had one more than the Muslim legal limit of four wives and that he had entered brief marriages with 29 underage girls. The trial was adjourned until August 18 for Sayed Ragab al-Sawarki, 51, a self-professed devout Muslim who was arrested in May on his return to Cairo from a pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Sawarki, owner of a chain of clothing shops, allegedly tied the knot with 29 girls under the legal marrying age of 15 by forging documents with the help of two religious officials. He would stay married to them for a matter of hours or days before divorcing them and paying them sums of money, the police said. Islamic and Egyptian law permit a man to take a maximum of four wives. -AFP