According to Islamic Law where a Moslem man says to a Moslem woman ‘ I have married you’ and she replies ‘ I have agreed’ – or vice versa – such a marriage is valid. Under Islamic law there is no need for a marriage to take place in the presence of a Kadi – a Muslim equivalent of a priest for Christians, or a rabbi for Jews. There is no requirement under Islamic law for the marriage to be registered. In addition a Muslim man can marry a non-Muslim woman providing she believes in one God and a ‘holy book’. She does not have to convert to Islam to marry him.
However, according to Israeli personal law, a citizen must be joined in matrimony within Israel before a religious court of his faith – for Muslims this means before a Kadi. Israeli law requires the registration of a Muslim marriage with the Interior Ministry.