In July, Adeel Zeb, the Muslim chaplain for the Claremont Colleges, near Los Angeles, posted on Facebook about something that was bothering him. “I have been approached by multiple Muslim couples ...
CISAAT, Indonesia — Her first contract marriage was to a tourist from Saudi Arabia. He was in his 50s, and she was 17. They wed in a small ceremony in a guest room at a three-star hotel in Jakarta ...
Najma’s case highlights that consent is essential in a Muslim marriage, which is a contractual agreement requiring the woman’s free approval—absence of which can invalidate the marriage. Muslim ...
Sri Lankan activists are at the center of a decades-long battle to reform the country’s Muslim Marriage and Divorce Act. When the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami receded from Sri Lanka’s coasts, leaving a ...
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The Kerala High Court has ruled that a Muslim man cannot register his second marriage under the Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008 without informing his first wife, as long as the ...
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court has held that the first wife of a Muslim man should be heard before registering his second marriage in accordance with the Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules ...