21 July 2011

Coalition rules out legalising multiple Islamic marriages after Whitehall leak

An internal document, prepared for ministers by civil servants, warned that women who enter religious marriages are “unprotected” if their husband then takes a second or third wife.

One possible solution could be to require all Islamic and other religious marriages to be registered with state authorities, the document suggested.

The Department for Communities and Local Government quickly ruled out legalising multiple sharia law marriages. [telegraph.co.uk] Read more