The Department of Home Affairs has delivered another important reform to advance equality and fairness for the Muslim faith community by ensuring that Muslim marriage officers are recognised on the ...

(RNS) — Nushmia Khan was tired of seeing Muslim couples treat their sacred marriage contracts as boring legalese. So last month, she launched a small business to help bring decorative keepsake Islamic ...

The Department of Home Affairs has introduced a landmark reform that grants Muslim marriage officers equal status with their ...

Previously, Muslim marriage officers were required to renew their designation, unlike officers from other religious groups.

The rules guiding marriages in the Islamic religion. "And among His signs is this, that He created for you mates from among yourselves, that you may dwell in tranquility with them, and He has put love ...

From Nouri v. Dadgar (Md. Ct. Spec. App. Apr. 7): These two cases, consolidated for purposes of this opinion, present the same issue of first impression in Maryland: May a civil court adjudicating a ...

In Islam, marriage is considered both a social agreement and a legal contract. In modern times, the marriage contract is signed in the presence of an Islamic judge, imam, or trusted community elder ...

The pandemic was less than ideal for relationships. Some locked down couples rekindled love, whilst others reconsidered things. With human interaction shifting online, and more traditional ways of ...

Answer: Islam does not allow for any physical dating before an actual marriage takes place. This is to prevent any physical temptation from happening before the wedding vows are taken. As seen in the ...

In a landmark judgment delivered by Honourable Justice O. J. Awope of the Ikeja Judicial Division, Lagos State, a statutory marriage was nullified due to its contradiction with an earlier Islamic ...

The Egyptian woman who married columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Virginia in 2018 has obtained an Islamic marriage certificate from the cleric who presided over the ceremony but had long refused to sign ...