The Department of Home Affairs will be issuing that marriage certificates will officially recognise the ‘type of marriage’ as ‘Muslim’.
has issued the first-ever South Africa n marriage certificates officially recognising the “type of marriage” as “Muslim”.
“Members of the Islamic faith community have made extraordinary contributions to South Africa’s history for more than 350 years,” Minister of Home Affairs, Dr“While it comes hundreds of years later than it should have, it is a personal honour for me to preside as Minister over the granting of marriage certificates recognising Muslim marriages.”
“It is also an expression of nation building, and a celebration of South Africa’s unity in diversity.”on official Home Affairs certificates. “Formal state recognition of Muslim marriages promotes dignity, and is a celebration of our diversity as South Africans.”
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