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                                <title><![CDATA[ Fewer 'I dos' ruin the party for China's US$500 billion wedding industry ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2023 03:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The trend is also worrying officials trying to revive marriage, and birth, rates which dropped to record lows last year, leading to the first decline in population numbers in 60 years. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Marriages in China slump to historic low ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2023 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The drop in couples tieing the knot comes as authorities deal with a declining birth rate and a falling population. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Indian state to ban polygamy amid bid for uniform civil code ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2023 05:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Supporters of the code see it as a way to ensure gender equality but opponents, including some Muslim leaders, see it as a government strategy to dilute rights sanctioned under Islam. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Ministry mulls committee to study pre-marriage course for non-Muslims ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2023 09:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Deputy Minister Aiman Athirah Sabu says the committee will propose suitable programmes to be presented to the Cabinet in the near future. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Singapore seeks to amend constitution to protect its definition of marriage ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Recent surveys have shown attitudes towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Singapore have become more accepting. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Singapore will decriminalise sex between men, no change in marriage rules, PM says ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Singapore becomes the latest Asian country to move toward ending discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Kedah raises legal age of marriage for girls to 18 ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 00:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The punishment for polygamy without court permission has also been raised, from six months in jail or a fine of RM1,000 to one year in jail or a fine of RM3,000. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ ‘Nightmare’ of underage marriage for Moroccan girls ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 03:08:41 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Morocco's 2004 family code puts the legal age of marriage at 18, but it includes a clause allowing judges to give families special dispensation to marry off children under that age. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ UAE issues first civil marriage licence for non-Muslim couple ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:00:22 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ A Canadian couple were the first to marry under a new law on the personal status of non-Muslims in the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Putrajaya obliged to raise minimum age of marriage for Muslim girls, says rights group ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2021 06:12:30 GMT</pubDate>
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