ABSTRACT

ThePracticeintheUAEofIslamicLegalNormsRelatingtoMarriage andFamilyLife

UnlikesomeofitssisterArabStateswhichhaverevisedIslamic marriageandfamilylaws(suchasrestrictionsonminimumageattime ofmarriageandtheabolitionoftheunrestrainedrightofrepudiation), theIslamiclawsrelatingtomarriageandfamilyarestillfullyintactin theUAE.1Therefore,sincethereisgeneralconformityofpracticewith theselaws,therewillbenoneedformuchreform.