Norway considered stripping subsidies from religious communities who tolerate forced marriage

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Although still committed to an educational path (‘We must reach out to the mothers’), Grette reported that Norway was now contemplating laws that would penalize religious communities who help with or accept forced marriages. Such communities could have their state subsidies and the right to perform marriages removed. Further, it may be legislated that religious community leaders complete a course in Norwegian language and social studies as a condition for residence permits. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 311

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