Re: Bangali sharia marriage not recognized in the UK- interesting story
To call it a "Bengali Sharia Marriage" is just to sensationalize the news and to re-emphasize the perception that Islam is a backward religion that promotes stupidity and unjust behavior.
About the only check-point from a sharia law in this whole episode is that the maulvi sahab who officiated the nikkah should have realized that the groom does not have the mental capacity to enter into a nikaah. And this thing should have stopped right there. We all know, that nikah khawaans in sub-continent are many times neither resourceful nor smart to inquire about these things. They are called in for a specific purpose, they perform the nikah, collect their fees, eat a sumptous meal and leave. So its hardly surprising that the nikah khwaan did not catch this gaffe.
Groom's parents were probably just looking for a permanent, full-time, free caretaker for their kid. You can hardly fault them, though. Its not easy to take care of a special child, and these folks have taken care of their son for 20+ years. It takes a toll. My deepest sympathies are with them.
It is easy to blame the parents of the bride here. Why would they destroy the life of their daughter by tying her up to a guy with the mental capacity of ae 3-yr old. Not sure how much they knew. Asssuming they knew everything and still decided to go along with it, we really don't know their circumstances and what situation compelled them to consider this option for their daughter. Its hard to be fair when making an arm-chair critique of such a heart-rendering story.
British justice system did the right thing by putting a stop to this. Salute to them!
May God bless and guide everyone involved in this unfortunate story. Ameen.