The age of singlehood is spreading to the Arab world. A particularly interesting case that demonstrates this is the emergence of singlehood in a conservative society, the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The Allahabad High Court recently held that no personal law, including Muslim personal law, can violate the ban on child marriage brought about by the Prohibiti ...

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Before the formalities to transfer the guardianship of the ten year old daughter of Aaron Natah, a Jewish blacksmith of Acre from the father to her older brother, the marriage of the child to a ...

The Allahabad High Court refused to quash an FIR over attempts to stop a 16-year-old girl's marriage in Bulandshahr. It said ...

In the consolidated appeals of Nouri v. Dadgar and Ghazirad v. Mojarrad, 245 Md. App. 324 (2020), the Court of Special Appeals enunciated a new stringent standard to apply to enforcement of an ...

In July, Adeel Zeb, the Muslim chaplain for the Claremont Colleges, near Los Angeles, posted on Facebook about something that was bothering him. “I have been approached by multiple Muslim couples ...

The United Arab Emirates is known as a popular business destination that tends to punish those who transgress its conservative Muslim laws. It has jailed foreigners for a kiss in public. Tourists have ...