Abstract—Forced marriages are worldwide phenomena and
also exist in Pakistani society. It involves the lack of free and
full consent of at least one of the parties to a marriage. Mostly,
females are victims of forced marriages. It is prevalent in the
name of religion in many Muslim countries; however, it is
purely a traditional and cultural phenomenon which has
nothing to do with religion. Forced marriages are different
from arranged marriages in which both parties freely consent
to enter into marriage contract and they have no objection on
the choice of partner selected by their parents. This study will
highlights different forms of forced marriages in Pakistani
society.
Index Terms—Child marriage, elements of marriage
contract in islam, forced marriage, honor killings, marriage in
shariah.
Shamreeza Riaz is with the Department of Law, and Faculty of Shariah
& Law, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan (e-mail:
shamreeza.riaz@iiu.edu.pk).
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Cite:Shamreeza Riaz, "Shariah Perspective on Marriage Contract and Practice in
Contemporary Muslim Societies," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 263-267, 2013.