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Does divorce with a court decision cancel religious marriage?
My friend's husband officially divorced my friend because they do not have children, but he does not divorce religiously so that she cannot marry someone else. By the way, they do not meet, the man is in England and the woman lives in Turkey. In this case, will their marriage be annulled?
Official divorce is the abolition of the marriage. She can only be together with her husband by having a new marriage. It is not permissible for her husband to leave her in the middle. She should ask her husband to make a new marriage. If she does, she will be his wife again. If he doesn't, it means he has no marriage relationship with her.
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