When you say people get married on the phone, is it the shiekh, priest who is on the other line??

i mean seriously, why marry someone who is not even there, i mean what temptation are we hastingly avoiding?
SOmalizzz,
IN Islamic marriage laws, is it not mandatory for the two people to see each other during the maher, or they both have to be present? please clarify this. Thus phone marriage does it qualify as valid?