Religious-Only Marriages in the UK

Bibliographic Data

ID13062207
AuthorsRehana Parveen (0000-0003-2461-1300, University of Birmingham, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume6
Issue3
Pages316-337
Publication date2018-09-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology of Islam (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2213-140X • E-ISSN: 2213-1418
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/22131418-00603004
OpenAlexW2895307726
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

Non-state-registered Muslim marriages are often considered as a poor alternative to civil marriage, accepted by vulnerable or ill-informed Muslim women. Problematizing such marriages is based on the assumption that entering into a civil marriage (in addition to or as an alternative to the Muslim marriage) is beneficial for all Muslim women. Listening to the narratives of the women concerned reveals a wide range of opinions, including those that prefer to enter into religious-only marriages. Solutions to the problems presented by unregistered religious-only marriages have thus far been proposed in a manner that reflects a discourse that considers unregistered marriages as somehow conceptually problematic. However, in so far as English law is concerned, the legal position of Muslims who enter into non-state-registered marriages is no different from that of cohabitees, who live together without the ‘protection’ of a civil marriage. Therefore, it may be worth considering whether the issue at stake is reconsidering family law and laws concerning cohabitation, rather than a separate set of rules and regulations for Muslims

Cohabitation · Family law · Islam · Marriage law · Narrative · Political science · Religious Law · Sociology · State (computer science · Gender and Women's Rights · Gender Studies · History · Law · Marriage and Family Dynamics · Marriage and Sexual Relationships

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