Muslim marriage is a contract, not a sacrament. Though it has importance as the only religiously sanctioned way for individuals to have legitimate sexual relationships and to procreate (now that slave ...

Should anything go wrong in her marriage, Zaynab Abdul-Razacq is confident her rights will be well-protected. Her husband has guaranteed it — in writing. The young Muslim couple chose a path advocated ...

NEW YORK — Should anything go wrong in her marriage, Zaynab Abdul-Razacq is confident her rights will be well-protected. Her husband has guaranteed it — in writing. The young Muslim couple chose a ...

(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 actual Muslim wedding is known as a nikah. It is a simple ceremony, at which the bride does not have to be present so long as she sends two witnesses to the drawn-up agreement. Normally, the ...

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 ...

After criticizing Muslim clerics in India for treating wives unfairly in disputes with their husbands, one activist is distributing a new marriage contract. Couples are slowly signing on. LUCKNOW, ...

NEW YORK -- Should anything go wrong in her marriage, Zaynab Abdul-Razacq is confident her rights will be well-protected. Her husband has guaranteed it -- in writing. The young Muslim couple chose a ...

CISAAT, Indonesia — Her first contract marriage was to a tourist from Saudi Arabia. He was in his 50s, and she was 17. They wed in a small ceremony in a guest room at a three-star hotel in Jakarta ...

Where Divorce Remains a Man's Prerogative Filing for divorce is incredibly difficult for women in Saudi Arabia, where the law ...

KOCHI: A Muslim man cannot register his second marriage under Kerala Registration of Marriages (Common) Rules, 2008, without ...