.... This is a problem unique to Islam in this country and the bill does make some attempts to address it by giving public authorities the duty of informing parties in unregistered religious marriages or polygamous marriages that they do not have any legal rights and so encouraging them to register their marriage.
That is rather late in the day and frankly the problem needs to be dealt with by ensuring that religious marriages are registered and imams prosecuted for performing unregistered and illegal marriage ceremonies. [Guardian Cif] Read more
