UK set for new restrictions on foreign brides

London Muslim has been a fairly stern critic of first cousin marriages within the Pakistani Muslim community for the reasons I explain here.

Ironically, despite my dislike for the Tories and their approach to immigration I find myself agreeing with their proposals to raise the bar of those who wish to marry and come to the UK by ensuring they have a better command of English.

While the Tories are frankly doing this solely to keep as many brown faces out of the country I feel the situation has got completely out of hand when in particular Pakistani Muslims from Bradistan go back to the homeland to pick up a cousin bride who has no command of English, finds herself in a foreign environment cooking for the in laws and sadly producing kids with significant genetic defects.

While the Lawyers and immigration professionals who make a living off legal aid will be up in arms in the long term I believe this will be of particular benefit to Muslim sisters in this country who are often overlooked for foreign brides because of their education which the older generation consider a threat to the traditional view of how a daughter in law should behave.