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Kuldip Singh. Sarla Mudgal v. Union Of India[ 1] is a Supreme Court of India case. Its judgement in 1995 laid down the principles against the practice of solemnizing second marriage by conversion to Islam, with first marriage not being dissolved. The verdict discusses issue of bigamy, the conflict between the personal laws existing on matters ...
An Ordinance to provide for prohibition of unlawful conversion from one religion to another by misrepresentation, force, undue influence, coercion, allurement or by any fraudulent means or by marriage and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Citation. UP Ordinance No.21 of 2020. Territorial extent. Uttar Pradesh. Enacted by.
t. e. Concubinage in the Muslim world was the practice of Muslim men entering into intimate relationships without marriage, [ 2] with enslaved women, [ 3] though in rare, exceptional cases, sometimes with free women. [ 4][ 5][ 6] If the concubine gave birth to a child, she attained a higher status known as umm al-walad.
Love jihad (or Romeo jihad) [ 5] is an Islamophobic [ 11] conspiracy theory [ 22] promoted by right-wing Hindutva activists. [ 25] The conspiracy theory purports that Muslim men target Hindu women for conversion to Islam by means such as seduction, [ 28] feigning love, [ 30] deception, [ 31] kidnapping, [ 34] and marriage, [ 37] as part of a ...
Turkey allows marriages between Muslim women and non-Muslim men through secular laws. [52] In Tunisia since 16 September 2017, Muslim women can lawfully marry any man of any faith, or of none. In Malaysia, a non-Muslim must convert to Islam in order to marry a Muslim and the offspring of such unions are automatically Muslims. [53]
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 is an Act of the Parliament of India criminalising triple talaq. In August 2017, the Supreme Court of India declared triple talaq, which enables Muslim men to instantly divorce their wives, to be unconstitutional. [ 1] The minority opinion suggested the Parliament to consider ...
In September 2022, a 26-year-old man was arrested and charged with the Uttar Pradesh anti-conversion law. [42] The Muslim man had eloped with a Hindu minor girl with a promise of marriage and changed her religion in 2021. The Uttar Pradesh district court convicted the man with five-year imprisonment and a fine of INR 40,000. [43]
In general, Islam allows for marriage between a man and woman as "believers". Culturally, it is accepted that marriage between a follower of Islam (Muslim) and a Christian or Jew does not require conversion. Traditionally, however, marriages between Muslims and a follower of Hinduism or other polytheistic religions requires conversion to Islam.