article_snippet.sent: Naz Shah, a mother-of-three from Bradford, has previously claimed that Naz Shah was coerced into marrying Naz Shah cousin in Pakistan before being sexually and physically abused.
article_snippet.sent: However, Mr Galloway Respect Party now claims to have obtained a copy of Naz Shah 'nikah', or marriage certificate, showing that Naz Shah actually married when Naz Shah was 16 and a half in 1990.
article_snippet.sent: Naz Shah, the Labor party candidate standing against Mr Galloway in Bradford West, has previously told how Naz Shah was forced into marriage age 15 - but Mr Galloway party claims to have evidence this is untrue .
article_snippet.sent: At a hustings on Wednesday night (pictured) Mr Galloway produced a nikah, or Pakistani marriage certificate, which Mr Galloway claims shows that Ms Shah was in fact married in 1990, when Ms Shah was 16 and a half .
article_snippet.sent: A spokesman for the Labour Party said that Ms Shah was forced into marriage aged 15, but that Ms Shah husband wanted to come to the UK on a spouse visa.
article_snippet.sent: Labour also accused Mr Galloway of obtaining the nikah by sending a man to the registry office in Mirpur posing as Naz Shah father, who died several years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking to the Guardian, Respect Party said the original nikah showing the marriage dated 1990 revealed that Naz Shah mother and family members attended, claiming that this shows the ceremony was not forced.
article_snippet.sent: It was then that Ms Shah's mother claims Ms Shah's mother was forced into marrying Ms Shah's mother cousin, saying Ms Shah's mother only agreed after being coerced by other family members.
highlights_snippet.sent: Naz Shah claimed to have been forced into abusive marriage aged 15 .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But Mr Galloway says Mr Galloway has marriage certificate showing Naz Shah was 16 .
  