Why a Nikah-Only Marriage?
Both respondents self-identified as British Muslims, they were proudly British and yet acutely aware of their inherited identity. Being British they felt at ease when it came to exercising their cultural and religious freedoms as British Muslims, it was right for them to get married through a ceremony that was relevant for them.
Cyra and Dalia held the nikah marriage in high esteem and for them; it was clearly the only-way to enter the institution that is marriage. On the other hand, when questioned about civil registration of marriage, in a town hall setting, they both reported it being an administrative process, simply a piece of paper.Both Cyra and Dalia said very clearly that it was the nikah that gives them the feeling of being married and importantly being accepted as such by their families and the wider community. The nikah itself is a meaningful ceremony that the civil registration cannot complete with.
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