.... Up to 80 per cent of Muslim marriages in Britain are not documented or registered. ‘It’s creating a time bomb’, Aina Khan, Senior Consultant Solicitor at Russell Jones and Walker, told the gathering.
Relationships without legal recognition maintained a condition of Victorian servitude for women who are regarded as chattels, she said.
Yet classical and historical sources indicate that the lack of a contract in modern British Islam is the exception not the rule.
Sheikh Barkatullah, an Islamic Shariah Advisor, said cultural practices from poor parts of the Muslim world from which many Muslims have migrated to Britain are being perceived as religious duties. [Lapido Media] Read more
