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Indonesian Women Trapped In Temporary 'Pleasure Marriages' With Tourists For Money
Young women from poor backgrounds in Indonesia are entering into short-term marriages with male tourists, primarily from the Middle East, in exchange for money.
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Imran Khan Trends Over His "Un-Islamic" Marriage To Bushra Bibi. Here's Why
Mufti Mohammad Saeed, the cleric who solemnised the couple's Islamic marriage in 2018, said it took place during the iddat period of Bushra Bibi.
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BJP MLA Writes To Yogi Adityanath On "Love Jihad" Law After Delhi Murder
"Love jihad" is a term used by right-wing groups and activists to allege a concerted effort by Muslim men to convert Hindu women to Islam through marriage
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State Can't Enter Private Space Of Wilfully Married Couple And Separate Them: Delhi High Court
The order was passed by Justice Jasmeet Singh while dealing with a petition by a Muslim male and a Muslim minor girl who got married to each other as per religious customs in Bihar after eloping and sought protection from the court.
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Court Upholds 16-Year-Old Muslim Girl's Marriage, Provides Protection
The petition had also contended that a Muslim boy or Muslim girl who has attained puberty is at liberty to marry any one he or she likes and the guardian has no right to interfere.
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Pak Court Allows Girl's Marriage To Abductor As She's Had Her "1st Menstrual Cycle"
The parents of a 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl, who was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to her abductor, will approach the Supreme Court after a lower court ruled that marriage with an underage girl is valid as per the Sharia law if she has had her first menstrual cycle.
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On Triple Talaq Bill, Government, Opposition Clash Again: 10 Points
A fresh bill to outlaw the Muslim practice of a man divorcing his wife instantly by uttering "talaq" thrice, which got stalled in the upper house of parliament and lapsed, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The government countered the opposition's charge that it was a "discriminatory" bill by pointing out that the Supreme Court's order ...
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Muslim-Hindu Couple's Child Can Claim Father's Property: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that although the marriage between a Muslim man and Hindu woman is an irregular marriage, described as "fasid" in Mohamadan law, the children born out this wedlock are legitimate and have claim over the property of the father.
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Everything You Need To Know About The "Triple Talaq" Bill In 10 Points
A bill to make instant "Triple Talaq" - the Islamic practice of men divorcing their wives by stating "talaq" (divorce) thrice - a criminal offence was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad called the "Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Bill" an attempt to deliver justice and respect for women, and not abou...
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Triple Talaq And Other Forms Of Muslim Divorce Explained
The Lok Sabha has passed the "Triple Talaq" bill that makes instant "Triple Talaq" a criminal offence and proposes a three-year jail term for a Muslim man who divorces his wife by uttering the word "talaq" thrice.
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No Triple Talaq Without Both Husband And Wife's Consent: Shia Law Board
The All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) has suggested the adoption of a 'modern nikahnama' (marriage contract), seeking changes in the terms and conditions of marriage under the Islamic law.
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Pakistani Clerics Declare Transgender Marriages Legal Under Islamic Law
A group of clerics in Pakistan has declared marriage between transgender individuals permissible in Islam, saying they have a right to be buried in Muslim ceremonies, according to a copy of a religious edict Reuters obtained on Monday.
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Australian Jailed Over 12 Year Old Daughter's 'Marriage'
An Australian man who consented to an Islamic "marriage" ceremony between his 12 year old daughter and a man more than twice her age was today jailed for at least six years.
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Talaq joke to his wife may cost an e-savvy youth his marriage
The youth, a resident of Qatar, had spelt talaq three times while chatting with his wife but little did he realise that his humourous intention in cyberspace will nullify his marriage in reality.Islamic seminary Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband has ruled that saying talaq thrice even casually without any serious overtone is valid as per the Shariyat (Islamic L...
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Is Shoaib-Sania marriage in trouble?
Shoaib Malik can marry Sania Mirza on 15th April, according to the chief priest of Hyderabad, Qazi Mohammed Najummudin Hussain, under Islamic law, in India, a m
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Indonesian Women Trapped In Temporary 'Pleasure Marriages' With Tourists For Money
Young women from poor backgrounds in Indonesia are entering into short-term marriages with male tourists, primarily from the Middle East, in exchange for money.
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Imran Khan Trends Over His "Un-Islamic" Marriage To Bushra Bibi. Here's Why
Mufti Mohammad Saeed, the cleric who solemnised the couple's Islamic marriage in 2018, said it took place during the iddat period of Bushra Bibi.
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BJP MLA Writes To Yogi Adityanath On "Love Jihad" Law After Delhi Murder
"Love jihad" is a term used by right-wing groups and activists to allege a concerted effort by Muslim men to convert Hindu women to Islam through marriage
-
State Can't Enter Private Space Of Wilfully Married Couple And Separate Them: Delhi High Court
The order was passed by Justice Jasmeet Singh while dealing with a petition by a Muslim male and a Muslim minor girl who got married to each other as per religious customs in Bihar after eloping and sought protection from the court.
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Court Upholds 16-Year-Old Muslim Girl's Marriage, Provides Protection
The petition had also contended that a Muslim boy or Muslim girl who has attained puberty is at liberty to marry any one he or she likes and the guardian has no right to interfere.
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Pak Court Allows Girl's Marriage To Abductor As She's Had Her "1st Menstrual Cycle"
The parents of a 14-year-old Pakistani Christian girl, who was abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married off to her abductor, will approach the Supreme Court after a lower court ruled that marriage with an underage girl is valid as per the Sharia law if she has had her first menstrual cycle.
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On Triple Talaq Bill, Government, Opposition Clash Again: 10 Points
A fresh bill to outlaw the Muslim practice of a man divorcing his wife instantly by uttering "talaq" thrice, which got stalled in the upper house of parliament and lapsed, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. The government countered the opposition's charge that it was a "discriminatory" bill by pointing out that the Supreme Court's order ...
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Muslim-Hindu Couple's Child Can Claim Father's Property: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that although the marriage between a Muslim man and Hindu woman is an irregular marriage, described as "fasid" in Mohamadan law, the children born out this wedlock are legitimate and have claim over the property of the father.
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Everything You Need To Know About The "Triple Talaq" Bill In 10 Points
A bill to make instant "Triple Talaq" - the Islamic practice of men divorcing their wives by stating "talaq" (divorce) thrice - a criminal offence was introduced in the Lok Sabha today. Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad called the "Muslim Women (Protection Of Rights On Marriage) Bill" an attempt to deliver justice and respect for women, and not abou...
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Triple Talaq And Other Forms Of Muslim Divorce Explained
The Lok Sabha has passed the "Triple Talaq" bill that makes instant "Triple Talaq" a criminal offence and proposes a three-year jail term for a Muslim man who divorces his wife by uttering the word "talaq" thrice.
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No Triple Talaq Without Both Husband And Wife's Consent: Shia Law Board
The All India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) has suggested the adoption of a 'modern nikahnama' (marriage contract), seeking changes in the terms and conditions of marriage under the Islamic law.
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Pakistani Clerics Declare Transgender Marriages Legal Under Islamic Law
A group of clerics in Pakistan has declared marriage between transgender individuals permissible in Islam, saying they have a right to be buried in Muslim ceremonies, according to a copy of a religious edict Reuters obtained on Monday.
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Australian Jailed Over 12 Year Old Daughter's 'Marriage'
An Australian man who consented to an Islamic "marriage" ceremony between his 12 year old daughter and a man more than twice her age was today jailed for at least six years.
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Talaq joke to his wife may cost an e-savvy youth his marriage
The youth, a resident of Qatar, had spelt talaq three times while chatting with his wife but little did he realise that his humourous intention in cyberspace will nullify his marriage in reality.Islamic seminary Dar-ul-Uloom Deoband has ruled that saying talaq thrice even casually without any serious overtone is valid as per the Shariyat (Islamic L...
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Is Shoaib-Sania marriage in trouble?
Shoaib Malik can marry Sania Mirza on 15th April, according to the chief priest of Hyderabad, Qazi Mohammed Najummudin Hussain, under Islamic law, in India, a m
