Marriage Is Still an Important Aspiration

Marriage is an important milestone in one's life and moreover, many members of the British South Asian communities continue to hold marriage as a manda­tory requirement in adulthood, despite the increasing trend of cohabitation in wider British society.

This importance on marriage can be demonstrated by the lack of open cohabitation, for the vast majority of self-classifying observant Muslims. This is not permitted by their faith and not acceptable under any circumstances. In order for a British Muslim couple to live together and be ac­cepted by their community as such, they must marry. As will be examined in due course, the type of marriage they typically enter has changed and in some cases it lacks legal recognition in the jurisdiction of England and Wales. This will be illustrated by the reported legal cases of the family court, discussed further in this chapter.

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