Northampton Central Mosque imam Ashraf Osmani leaving court (Image: PA)
A Muslim cleric who officiated over a wedding ceremony involving two underage teenage children has been sentenced in the first case of its kind under new legislation banning…
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India, UAE sign $3 billion LNG deal, agree to boost trade and defence ties at leaders' meeting – Reuters
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Northampton imam sentenced after 16-year-olds married in mosque
The court heard the teenagers, who cannot be named for legal reasons, approached Osmani, from Northampton, after being turned away by another mosque.
He agreed to carry out the non-legally binding Islamic nikah ceremony and charged £50 for a…
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Northampton imam sentenced after 16-year-olds married in mosque
An imam who carried out an illegal marriage ceremony for two 16-year-olds has been given a suspended prison sentence.
Ashraf Osmani told Northampton Crown Court he was unaware the law had changed nine months earlier, raising the minimum marriage…
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India agrees to boost trade and strategic ties with UAE amid regional tensions
NEW DELHI — India and the UAE finalised a series of agreements on Monday, hoping to double bilateral trade to $200 billion by 2032.
The United Arab Emirates president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, met with India’s Prime Minister Narendra…
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