Head of Duncan Lewis Islamic Law Department and Family Law Solicitor Aina Khan presented a paper on ^Legal pluralism and marriage^ addressing the topic of unregistered marriages and outlining her ROM ^Register Our Marriage^ Campaign at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Read more...
Aina Khan appeared on the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme on the 17th December 2015 discussing the topics: “Are marriage laws outdated?” and “What happens when you find out your marriage ceremony wasn^t actually legal?” Read more...
Aina Khan was invited by Baroness Pola Uddin to the House of Lords on 11 December 2015 for a select gathering of leading Muslim women influencers and activists. Aina Khan, as the legal representative, spoke of the issues facing her clients across the UK as well as internationally. Read more...
On the 18th November 2015 Aina Khan^s Register Our Marriage (ROM) Roadshow came to Cardiff. Read more...
Aina Khan, Head of the Islamic Law Department at Legal 500 Top Tier Firm Duncan Lewis Solicitors will bringing her “Register our Marriage Roadshow” to Cardiff on Wednesday 18th November 2015 as part of a series of events and campaign providing vital information on unregistered marriages. Read more...
Aina Khan, Head of Duncan Lewis Solicitor’ Islamic law department was interviewed on BBC Newsnight on the 9th October 2015. Read more...
Head of Duncan Lewis Solicitors’ Islamic Law Department Aina Khan featured on the BBC Daily Politics Show alongside Nigel Farage and Baroness Cox. Read more...
Sharia Councils and the impact of the work are being debated in the House of Lords, as a result of curbs on them proposed by this Bill introduced by Baroness Caroline Cox. Read more...
Head of Duncan Lewis Solicitors’ Islamic Law Department Aina Khan was present at the the Prime Minister David Cameron’s first Community Engagement Forum at 10 Downing Street on the 13th October 2015. Read more...
Aina Khan, Head of Islamic Department at Duncan Lewis Solicitors and Director of the ^Register Our Marriage^ campaign (to address the growing unfettered rise in unregistered religious marriages and to lobby for reform of the Marriage Act 1949 to cover all faiths)is appearing in a panel discussion “TO REGISTER OR NOT TO REGISTER? Read more...
Muslim Mamas is a private ^invite only^ online support group for Muslim mothers with over 7,000 members worldwide. Aina Khan spoke to Muslim Mamas to shed some light on the burning issue of unregistered Muslim marriages. Read more...
Head of Duncan Lewis’ Islamic Law department Aina Khan was quoted in the SeekersHub article “Unregistered Marriages: A Muslim Concern”. The article discusses the issue that can affect many Muslims in the UK: that of unregistered marriages. Read more...
Aina Khan will be discussing whether to challenge the status of the Nikkah at To Register or Not to Register event on the 2nd October 2015. Read more...
Aina Khan, the Head of the Duncan Lewis Islamic Law Department featured in The Telegraph on the 3rd July 2015 discussing the demonisation of Shariah marriage in the UK and the vulnerable Muslim women left as victims as a result. Read more...
Head of Duncan Lewis Islamic Law department Aina Khan featured in The Times on the 3rd July 2015 discussing young Muslims and the rise of Sharia marriages and the issue of polygamy sometimes found in these cases. Read more...
Aina Khan, the Head of the Duncan Lewis Islamic Law Department featured in The Daily Express on the 4th July 2015 discussing Islamic marriages in the UK and the fears of polygamy in these cases. Read more...
Aina Khan, the Head of the Duncan Lewis Islamic Law Department featured in The Telegraph on the 3rd July 2015 discussing the rise of Sharia marriages in the UK and the polygamy fears prompted by them. Read more...
Legal 500 “top tier” Duncan Lewis co-ordinated staff across its UK offices to fall into silence for 1 minute at 12 noon on Friday 3rd July, to honour the victims of the recent Tunisia massacre. Read more...
Aina Khan featured in The Upcoming on the 22nd June 2015 discussing her campaign for marital justice, the Register our Marriage roadshow. Read more...
Aina Khan’s “Register Our Marriage” (ROM) Press Conference will be taking place at the Barristers’ Chambers at 36 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4JH at 3.30pm on 10th June 2015. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Family and Islamic Law Solicitor featured in The Asians: Bridging the gap article "Aina Khan, Campaigner For Legal Protection Of Women.""While the people have this supposed view that English and Muslim Laws are not only different but are antagonistic to each other, Aina Khan does not share this observation. As an expert solicitor, she believes that these two schools are compatible. Always seeking new horizons, Aina Khan chose to specialize in Islamic Family Law because she enjoys handling different challenges every day and is “passionate about coming up with innovative solutions to difficult legal problems.” Read more...
Aina Khan’s “Register Our Marriage Roadshow” will be taking place after the Daughters of Eve conference at the Mercure Hotel from 2.30 to 4.30pm on Sunday 3rd May 2015 at Mercure Bradford hotel, Bradford Road, West Yorkshire, Bingley BD16 1TU. This is a free event for both men and women, interfaith and non-political. Read more...
Aina Khan’s “Register Our Marriage Roadshow” will be taking place at the Barristers Chambers at 36 Bedford Row in London on Wednesday 10th June 2015. Read more...
On the 28th March 2015, the Al-Mahdi Institute held a ^Register Our Marriage^ Roadshow in association with Aina Khan from ^Register Our Marriage^ Project to discuss the importance of Registering Marriages in the UK. It is estimated that around 80% of young British Muslims are in unregistered marriages and that this is growing rapidly. Read more...
Duncan Lewis Family and Islamic Law Specialist Aina Khan attended the Ministerial Female Genital Mutilation Summit on February 6th 2015. Read more...