This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Rabat
Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs Ahmed Al-Tawfiq confirmed that the opinion of the Supreme Scientific Council was in line with most of the seventeen issues submitted for legal review regarding the revision of the Family Code.
During the working session chaired by His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God help him, at the Royal Palace of Casablanca, devoted to the theme of revising the Family Code, in a presentation made before His Majesty the King, The Commander of the Faithful, in accordance with his wise decision, submitted seventeen questions for examination. The opinion of the Supreme Scientific Council agreed with most of them, explaining how some of them could be in accordance with Sharia requirements and stating that. three of them concern definitive texts which do not allow Diligence in this.
The minister added, in his capacity as a member of the Supreme Scientific Council, that the Council expressed its legal approval of the proposals of the body responsible for revising the Family Code, including the possibility of contracting marriage, for Moroccans residing abroad, without the presence of two Muslim witnesses if this is not possible.
It should be noted that the Family Code allows Moroccans residing abroad the possibility of concluding their marriage contract in accordance with the administrative procedures of the country of residence (civil marriage), provided that two Muslim witnesses are present and does not provide not explicitly the annulment of the marriage. dowry (article 14 of the Family Code).
