Samenvatting

While the legal path to ending marital captivity has been cleared, socio-cultural obstacles continue to prevent victims from going to court. This article focuses on the religious and socio-cultural elements within the Dutch-Pakistani community that promote the continued existence of marital captivity, thereby zooming in on the importance of the <i>nikah</i>, the prevalence of (transnational) arranged marriages, and the concept of family honor.