Marriage in Pakistan – Divorce in Maryland – A Sequel (2009)

By: John Mansfield

“At the Karamah program a year ago, I gave a talk with the same title–“Marriage in Pakistan – Divorce in Maryland”- about the case – Aleem v. Aleem – just then handed down by Maryland’s highest court, the Maryland Court of Appeals. I hope to approach this same case with more information and new insights into the enforceability of Islamic marriage contracts in American courts, and so I have called the talk I am going to give today a “sequel” to my earlier talk.”