A sharia marriage law will be introduced to ensure that all weddings of Muslim couples celebrated in mosques are properly registered.
Ministers want to give legal protection to tens of thousands of Muslim women whose marriages have no official status and who can be denied divorce or lose all they have in the event of a break-up.
The plan follows an inquiry last year by Islamic expert Mona Siddiqui, which said that women who marry in mosque ceremonies can face ‘discriminatory practices’.
Some are presented with bills for thousands of pounds by husbands they want to leave, it said. [Daily Mail] Read more
