questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to make it a legal requirement for Muslim couples to civilly register their marriage before, or at the same time as, their Islamic ceremony.
answerText: For a marriage to be legally binding, it must comply with the relevant statutory framework, principally the Marriage Act 1949. The Act allows couples, including Muslim couples, to have a civil marriage or a religious marriage by marrying in their register...
heading: Registration of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Civil Partnerships: Islam