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Five days after the marriage, Jane received a message, which completely changed her life.
Her husband wrote in the message, "I divorce you and I have divorced you."
The BBC has agreed that Jane's real name will not be revealed.
Jane told that 10 months ago she had met a man on 'Muz', a website for Islamic marriage.
At that time Jane thought that the man's name was Adam and he lived in Manchester.
She said, "All this is very difficult for me. I thought I was going to get married, but instead the worst nightmare of my life has started."
"It's all very strange. I don't understand why people do these things for sex."
Jane told that both of them had talked through online chat and video calls for six months before deciding to meet.
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She told the BBC that she believed their relationship was genuine. Therefore, when the man proposed marriage, she did not doubt his words.
She said, "He had assured me that he loved me and wanted to spend his life with me. So I had no reason to doubt him."
Later Jane found out that Adam's real name was something else and that he was already married.
Adam's lawyers said that he has completely denied all of Jane's allegations.
Jane, who converted to Islam on June 2, went to Brierfield, Lancashire to get married. Nikah is a marriage ceremony in Islam, which is done according to Islamic rules.
However, this type of Nikah is different from a legal marriage. It has not got the status of legal marriage in England and Wales.
Jane told that she wanted to get married in her hometown Glasgow among her friends and family, but her future husband had objections to the wedding in Scotland.
Now she sees this as a warning.
"In Scotland, legal marriage and nikah were asked to be done at the same time," Jane said.
She told that on this her husband said, 'Why does he need to see my ID? I mean, Nikah is a very easy process and they don't need to see my ID at all.
"And so he was very upset about that."
Jane said the marriage took place in Brierfield in the presence of two imams, who acted as witnesses. After this the husband and wife spent two nights in a hotel.
However, just five days after the wedding, Jane received a message informing her that their relationship was over.
Jane told that she was shocked and confused after seeing all this. He described this marriage as a "fake marriage".
Jane believes her "shocking" experience amounted to emotional abuse and sexual exploitation.
According to information received by BBC, the man is still married to another woman, both legally and religiously.
In a detailed reply given through his lawyers, the man said that these allegations are part of an ongoing campaign against him. He said that there is no evidence to support these allegations and they are completely false.
Lawyers told the BBC that he had not deceived Jane about his previous marriage.
He also said that during his marriage with Jane, he did not hide his identity as he showed his driving license.
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The BBC has seen a copy of Jane's Islamic marriage certificate, which was given to her by the mosque. Many information were missing in this certificate and some were wrong.
Imam Mufti Adeel Zaman, who conducted the marriage, said that this marriage took place between two adults of their own free will and they looked happy. He said he did not feel it was his responsibility to ask further questions.
"We are deeply saddened by what happened," he told the BBC.
He said, "Our aim from the beginning has been to treat all people fairly and provide them with the help they need. At the same time, we have limited our views only to those cases of which we have direct knowledge."
He admitted that mistakes were made in checking the identity. However, he said that he had helped in finding out the real identity of the man whom Jane had married.
Lancashire Council of Mosques also spoke on the matter. This organization has been involved in trying to reach a settlement between the two parties after the breakdown of marriage. The organization said that it is the responsibility of those conducting such marriages to conduct necessary investigations.
A group called 'New Beginnings', based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, provides services to people converting to Islam. The group said it had found cases in which people tried to deceive others within the Muslim community.
Bilal Brown, founder of the group, said, "We are aware of such fraudulent people in our community, the Muslim community, who are roaming around to deceive others."
Founder Bilal Brown said, "We are aware of these fraudsters in our Muslim community, and we are aware of the people they are out to defraud."
He said that if a relationship or marriage is happening too hastily or does not involve other family members, then these can be clear signs that something is not right.
He also said that in such circumstances people who convert to Islam may especially become victims of deception.
Lancashire's former assistant police and crime commissioner Saima Afzal told BBC North West Tonight that the lack of legal recognition of Islamic marriages could cause problems for some women.
He said, "You often hear about this legal loophole related to Nikah. People say that we cannot prosecute someone for bigamy, because Nikah is not legally recognized in Britain."
"Keeping aside this issue of Nikah, let's look at the behavior of the people here."
"This involves deceiving a woman, manipulating her and ensnaring her."
"That means it's fraud."
An independent report tabled before Parliament in 2018 found that a large number of Islamic marriages are not followed by legal marriage. Because of this, people are not able to get the protection and rights that come from legal marriage.
Police Scotland said that no criminal activity has been confirmed in this case in Scotland.
Greater Manchester Police has confirmed that it has been asked to investigate the complaint made by Jane.
Muz said that the person has been blocked from its platform forever.
The company's chief executive Shahzad Yunus said, "We ask app users whether they are married, whether they are married legally or through some other means."
"If they're married, we block them from the app during sign-up."
He said that the company checks emails, phone numbers, devices and selfies as part of its normal investigation. However, identity verification is optional.
Information is given on the profile which tests have been completed and which have not.
Jane said that she wants her case to save other women from facing similar situations.
She said, "This is a problem of this community. If I can help save another woman like me from such fraud, then it will be a big victory for me."
We used AI to translate this article, which was originally written in English. A BBC journalist checked this translation before publication. Learn more about how we're using AI.
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