The future of 100,000 marriages in Britain fall under the control of the Islamic authority, which is banned in 23 majority-Muslim countries, including Egypt
After suffering an onslaught of psychological abuse from her husband and increasingly unhappy in her marriage, Aisha finally decided she wanted a divorce.
There was one problem, however: her husband refused to allow it unless she paid him a five-figure sum covering all the money he spent on her during their marriage.
She offered instead to return her rings but he demanded the money they cost, a sum of thousands of pounds she could not afford.
