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Marriage and Divorce for Muslim Women

This booklet reviews the laws on marriage in Ontario and divorce in Canada and explains how these laws relate to Islamic family law. It looks at the legal status of marriages and divorces from other countries and the role of Canadian family law in dealing with religious barriers to remarriage.


Other credits This booklet is made possible by and based on material produced by Family Law Education for Women (FLEW).

Produced in 2009

Produced by Canadian Council of Muslim Women

Topics Family Law - Divorce and separation; Family Law - Marriage and common-law relationships

Format Booklet/fact sheet/brochure; Web site/online resource

Relates to region Across Ontario; Canada

Available as

pdfhttp://onefamilylaw.ca/doc/FLEW_CCMW_MD_EN.pdf
English , Adobe PDF 
16 pages
pdfhttp://onefamilylaw.ca/doc/FLEW_CCMW_MD_FR.pdf
French/français , Adobe PDF 
16 pages
pdfhttp://onefamilylaw.ca/doc/FLEW_CCMW_MD_ARA.pdf
Arabic Arabic, Adobe PDF 
12 pages
pdfhttp://onefamilylaw.ca/doc/FLEW_CCMW_MD_FAR.pdf
Farsi/Persian Farsi/Persian, Adobe PDF 
12 pages
pdfhttp://onefamilylaw.ca/doc/FLEW_CCMW_MD_SOM.pdf
Somali Somali, Adobe PDF 
16 pages
pdfhttp://onefamilylaw.ca/doc/FLEW_CCMW_MD_URD.pdf
Urdu Urdu, Adobe PDF 
12 pages

For more information contact
Canadian Council of Muslim Women
Web site www.ccmw.com