Government targets Sharia marriages
Increased punishment and the expulsion of imams among the efforts aimed at curbing forced religious marriages
Copenhagen Post
November 26, 2012
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The government is stepping up its battle against forced marriages.
TV2 News reported this evening that the government will announce a package tomorrow aimed at curbing forced Muslim marriages, also known as Sharia marriages.
The legislation is expected to further increase the criminal punishments for forced marriages, ban those married under Sharia law from utilising the Danish divorce system, and allow for the expulsion of imams who carry out forced religious marriages.
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