EU regulations ’do not cover Sharia law divorces’

The European Union’s top court has ruled that the bloc’s divorce regulations do not cover private agreements, meaning a Munich court has to decide whether to recognise a divorce granted under Sharia law.

The European Union’s top court has ruled that the bloc’s divorce regulations do not cover private agreements, meaning a Munich court has to decide whether to recognise a divorce granted under Sharia law.

Raja Mamisch and Soha Sahyouni, who married in Syria and live in Germany, had been granted a divorce in 2013 in Syria in an Islamic Sharia law proceeding.