By: Sarwar Alam
The UK High Court today (2) ruled that an Islamic faith marriage does fall within the purview of English matrimonial law as it granted a woman a decree to nullify her bond with her estranged husband. The couple, Nasreen Akhter and Mohammed Shabaz Khan – both 46, had got married in an Islamic wedding ceremony under Sharia law in a restaurant in Southall, west London, in 1998. The nikaah ceremony had been conducted by an imam before hundreds of guests. Akhter, a solicitor, wanted to divorce her businessman husband Khan, who had blocked her application on the basis that they…
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