Conversion To Islam Solely For Marriage Not Valid.

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Conversion To Islam Solely For Marriage Not Valid.

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Unread post by ghulam muhammed » Sat Dec 20, 2014 5:38 pm

Conversion to Islam solely for marriage not valid: Allahabad HC

In a significant judgement, the Allahabad high court has ruled that the religious conversion of girls "without their faith and belief in Islam" and "solely for the purpose of marriage" to Muslim boys could not be held valid.

Justice Surya Prakash Kesarwani passed the order while dismissing a batch of petitions filed by five couples, hailing from different districts of Uttar Pradesh, who had sought "protection as married couple".

In each case, the boys were Muslim while the girls were Hindus who got converted to Islam for solemnising " nikah".

In his order earlier this week, justice Kesarwani quoted a Supreme Court order of 2000 wherein it was laid down that "conversion of religion of a non-Muslim without any real change of belief in Islam and only for the purpose of marriage is void".

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 576404.cms