Fatima Zehra

Fatima Zehra (she/her) is a barrister(unregistered) and a PhD candidate at the University of Huddersfield. Her research focuses on the intersection of legal pluralism and child marriage in South Asia.

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Register First, Nikah later: Northampton Imam and the Limits of Child Marriage Protection

Register First, Nikah later: Northampton Imam and the Limits of Child Marriage Protection

“You ought to have known the law had changed.” On 19 January 2026, those words concluded the “legal first” Northampton child marriage prosecution case. The imam (religious cleric) before the court solemnised an Islamic marriage ...
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