Ahlul Bayt News Agency (ABNA.ir), A religious leader in Kuwait has rejected the marriage of a Muslim woman to a Jewish man.
The leader said it amounted to adultery, according to the Gulf News website.
"The Islamic text about such marriages is very clear: A Muslim woman cannot marry a non-Muslim, even if he is Christian or Jewish," said Dr Anwar Shuaib, head of Islamic jurisprudence at the University of Kuwait.
On Saturday, former US president Bill Clinton officiated at the wedding of US Representative Anthony D. Weiner, a 45-year-old Jew, and his bride, Huma Abedin, a 34-year-old Muslim.
Huma, a longtime aide to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, had been dating the congressman for about two years.
They announced their engagement last summer.
However, the Muslim scholar said that the union should never happen.
"This marriage is null and void and amounts to adultery. People who claim that this marriage can take place and is acceptable in Islam are wrong. Their edicts or fatwas should be dismissed," Anwar Shuaib said, quoted by Kuwaiti newspaper Al Watan.
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