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Submitted by hisham zein (Egypt), Jun 23, 2008 at 07:36

marriage in islam is a tie between a couple before god that they are a husband and wife, whether legally registered or not and such marriage should have conditions one of which is that it should be known at the community you live in, not a secret marriage .

then marriages have to be legally registered to guard rights of women and children to come .have you been married in a mosque and a sheikh declared you wife and husband then had the marriage certificate notarized or is it just a marriage contract between the both of you .

if its just a contract all you have to do is ask him to divorce you and he has to have the will to say you are divorced then have the contract torn off .

if its notarized you both need to go to the sheikh and end your marriage there because you will need a divorce notarized certificate from him

if he refuses to do so all you have to do is go to the islamic sharia court in india, if they have such courts, and file for a divorce which should be granted to you .

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