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In the UK, may a second marriage be held in the mosque only, without civil registration?

A religious second marriage does not change the legal reality: it is not recognised as a civil marriage. If it is conducted as a purportedly valid marriage, it can raise issues of bigamy. A second wife in this situation has no civil protection as a wife, including on divorce, division of property, intestate inheritance and immigration status. Many mosques in the West now refuse to conduct the contract for men who are already married for this reason. The duty to be just and not to wrong women requires us to weigh this harm seriously. Get advice from a local lawyer and see Muslim minorities in the West.

Sumber

Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (UK), s.57Surah an-Nisa' 4:3
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Jawapan ini rujukan umum, bukan fatwa. Untuk keadaan anda, rujuk pejabat agama, peguam syarie atau Mahkamah Syariah negeri.

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