In The Press

Aina Khan was quoted in the Times this weekend over the push within the British Muslim community to end marriage and divorce practices that are harmful to women. As it stands in the Muslim community a man can end a marriage by saying ‘talaq’ three times. Due to the high proportion of British Muslim marriages that are unregistered this can leave women in a very difficult position. It is not uncommon for a husband to say talaq in the heat of an argument and later regret it, however in the eyes of relatives the divorce is now valid. Aina is campaigning to update the Marriage Act 1949 to make it a legal requirement for “all faiths [to] register their religious ceremonies”.