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A Research About Our Marriage Is in Dutch Law
A Research About Our Marriage Is in Dutch Law
2. As Muslims, we do not marry according to any human law, we marry according to Allah’s
Islamic “Sharia”, which is the Quran and Islamic law.
https://www.brides.com/nikkah-ceremony-5079931#:~:text=With%20more%20than%201.9%20billion,families
%2C%20sects%2C%20and%20cultures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_marital_jurisprudence
Article 1:64 of Dutch Civil Law: Marriage contracted outside the town hall
If one of the parties on account of a properly proven statutory hindrance is prevented to go to town hall, then the
marriage may be contracted in a particular house within the same municipality, provided it is contracted in the presence
of six adult witnesses.
3. Muslim Marriage Vows are religious vows according to which Muslims get married:
With more than 1.9 billion Muslims around the world, what makes this tradition so special is that the
fundamentals of the Nikah are always the same, even though the traditions followed at a wedding can
differ greatly depending on families, sects, and cultures.
For instance, though the Nikah ceremony traditionally takes place in a mosque, with the leader or
imam of the mosque officiating the ceremony, today, it is common to have the Nikah either at a venue
or at the bride’s house.
Article 1:30 Statutory rules have only effect for the civil relationship between the spouses
- 1. A marriage may be entered into by two persons of a different or of the same gender (sex).
- 2. The law considers a marriage only in its legal civil relationships.
Islamic Marriage Vows: I, [bride's name], offer you myself in marriage in accordance with the
instructions of the Holy Quran and the Holy Prophet, peace and blessing be upon him. I pledge, in
honesty and with sincerity, to be for you an obedient and faithful wife.
https://www.theknot.com/content/muslim-wedding-vows#:~:text=I%2C%20%5Bbride's%20name%5D%2C,an
%20obedient%20and%20faithful%20wife
https://www.elmathoon.com/2020/01/Conditions-for-authorized-authorization.html
Article 1:63 of Dutch Civil Law: Place where the marriage is contracted and the required
witnesses:
The marriage shall be contracted in public in the town hall before the Registrar of Civil Status in the presence of at least
two and at the most four adult witnesses:
a. in the municipality of the place of domicile of one of the prospective spouses at the date of the certificate of notice of
marriage, or
b. in the municipality of The Hague in the event meant Article 1:43 paragraph 1, second sentence, or
c. in the municipality pointed out for this purpose by the prospective spouses when they formally gave notice of their
marriage.
At the time our Marriage was performed, it was a Polygamous Marriage with the knowledge
and acceptance of the wife, her family, and the Marriage Witnesses:
In Dutch law, A judge can annul a marriage for one of the following reasons:
https://www.government.nl/topics/divorce-separation-and-ending-a-civil-partnership/
arranging-a-divorce-legal-separation-or-ending-a-civil-partnership/applying-for-a-marriage-to-
be-annulled
Whereas polygamous marriage marriages are allowed in Egypt and are legal.
All what I wrote above is very evident in our ORIGINAL marriage certificate that is in my possession
and can be translated.
Do you not hold Dutch citizenship? Are you living in the Netherlands with a verblijfsvergunning
(residence permit) obtained through your relationship? If so, your residence permit may expire
if you get divorced.
Do you wish to continue living in the Netherlands after your divorce or ending of your civil
partnership? Then you need to apply for a new residence permit or change your residence
purpose. Do you hold citizenship of a Member State of the European Union (EU) or the
European Economic Area (EEA)? Then you do not need to apply for a residence permit.
Do you want to change your residence purpose? Then contact the Immigratie- en Naturalisatie
Dienst – IND (Immigration and Naturalisation Service).
https://www.government.nl/topics/divorce-separation-and-ending-a-civil-partnership/arranging-a-
divorce-legal-separation-or-ending-a-civil-partnership/divorcing-a-foreign-citizen-in-the-netherlands