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Islamic marriage, English divorce: For growing numbers of British Muslim women, the results can be devastating

Rising divorce rates among British Muslim communities have prompted questions over the status of Islamic marriage — known in Arabic as “nikah” — in the UK.
In 2017, a survey by UK TV station Channel 4 of 1,000 British Muslim women found that almost two-thirds had a nikah-only marriage.

By Olivia Cuthbert · 19 May 2018