Abu Dhabi has accepted civil marriage.
In a new coup against the Islamic identity and character of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi once again passed the first law of its kind in the Gulf and Islamic countries that allows secular marriage.
The head of the UAE, Marzieh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the head of government, as the ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, issued a law that regulates the personal status of non-Muslims in the emirate.
UAE officials claim that the law aims to provide a flexible and complex judicial mechanism for dealing with disputes over the personal status of non-Muslims.
The law also aims to lead the UAE to adopt the first civil law to regulate family affairs for non-Muslims in accordance with international best practice and to guarantee the right of non-Muslims to be covered by internationally recognized law. Be close to them in terms of culture, customs and language, as well as achieving and protecting the interests of the child, especially in the event of parental separation.
The law consists of 20 articles that are divided into several main issues, including “civil marriage, divorce, joint custody of children and inheritance.” “That basis has been set.”
The second chapter of divorce proceedings, the rights of the couple after its signing and the discretion of the judge in calculating the financial rights of the wife is defined based on several criteria such as number of years of marriage, age of the wife, economic status. The status of each spouse and other matters that the judge considers in determining the spouse’s financial rights.
The third chapter introduced a new concept in custody of children after divorce, which is the participation of parents in custody equally between them or what is known in Western law as joint custody to maintain cohesion between them. Family after divorce and children’s mental health.
Chapter 4 deals with inheritance and registration of wills and the right of a foreigner to leave a will with all his property for anyone he wants, while Chapter 5 regulates the proof of non-Muslim lineage by proving the lineage of the infant through marriage or confession. he does.
The noteworthy point in this decision was that the issue of “civil marriage”, which is not included in the teachings of the religion of Islam and is completely contrary to the principles of Sharia and is rejected by the three main religions, was raised.
