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French Court Annuls Muslim Marriage When Wife Is Not A Virgin As Claimed

By Howard M. Friedman

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Reuters reported yesterday that a heated debate is raging in France after a court allowed an Muslim husband to annul his marriage when he discovered that his wife was not a virgin as she had claimed to be. The husband's lawyer said that the basis for the annulment was not religious, but rather a principle in French law that treats marriage as a contract and permits an annulment "when there is an error concerning essential qualities of one of the spouses."

Full post as published by Religion Clause on May 31, 2008 (boomark / email).

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