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Posted: 10 years ago

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I am not against with inter caste marriage. I am happy they showed this concept. At the end of the day we are all humans and religion shouldn't stop you. So what if you're indian, muslim, catholic, chris, etc at the end of the day you have the same colour of blood, same body parts, religion is just a tag that;s produced by people. In actual hindu, muslim, catholic, chris is not a religion. I believe Humanity is religion. It's time that people let go of superstitious belifes, the more you believe in that the more you complicated life you will.

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Posted: 10 years ago

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I will be honest and say that i'm pretty shocked to see so many people on this thread opposing inter faith marriage. I guess the shock came because of the family i belong to. Nothing else 😊

I've always loved Inter caste or inter faith marriages. I love attending such marriages and my family is filled with such couples and you might perhaps find it very very weird but I dream of a life partner who is NOT of my caste or faith and I have full permission from my parents to go ahead with my dream 😆

In fact my own elder sister's fiancee is a parsi where as we are a hindu family. My cousin recently married an american woman who is half jewish and half christian and the marriage was done in a proper hindu way since she wanted it to be a big fat indian wedding and none in our immediate family or extended had any kind objection to it...Frankly no one even asked my cousin to reconsider his decision even once when he expressed his desire to marry her. Same with my elder sister.

So I truly feel its all up to the individuals and their families. The other person not knowing your rituals or traditions is actually not a big issue because if you truly want the relationship to work out, you will learn and even if you don't the other person will understand. And exploring new traditions/cultures/habits is actually a fun thing. Saying it through experience given how mera bharat mahaan types of a family I have in terms of different faith relationships 😆

However, If one is not comfortable with another religion entering his/her daily life then I think it can get a little difficult. It's all about the mindset and how comfortable one is with such things. I for one am totally comfortable. Having said all this, I'm not dismissing the problems some people actually face when they do inter faith marriages. There might be some genuine concerns and I respect all of them but yes, I do not agree when someone says..'Such marriages never work' or 'its bound to fail' and stuff. That's totally wrong. These marriages are like any other marriages. They might work or they might not work. Simple!

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Rifah

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Posted: 10 years ago

#23

In Islam inter-religion marriage is not allowed.

But yeah..u can marry after the other person turns into Muslim.

[NO OFFENCE]

My chachi was Hindu before marriage. She broke all her relation with her family and accepted Islam and then My chachu and chachi got married. Now they r happily married for 10 yrs...but still my chachi's family didn't accept their marriage and still told her to break the marriage and come back.

So this is not as easy as they showed in PKHJD, the story going really fast. But yeah in a good way.

And So i m liking it😊

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Tejaswini Wenham

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Posted: 10 years ago

#24

hi tejaswini here! I'm new to this forum. so in terms of story telling i do think this topic will come back up sooner than later because preet and ishan or rizwan i guess also have an inter-faith marriage technically.

as for the topic I'm a product of interfaith and interracial marriage- my aai is a karhada brahmin and daddy is a non-believer/christian british man. my brother and i have been raised in both religions- going to church every christmas and easter with our granny and bringing ganpati home with our aaji and given the freedom of choice, i choose to identify as a hindu and my brother as an agnostic. as for being comfortable about seeing your kids go through both sets of rituals then heres the thing- when you love and accept a person into your life, you accept in their life and lifestyle and religion and customs and family are a part of that. my mother didn't marry my father for 6 years after they graduated from college because her parents wouldnt have it. and she refused to marry anyone else. they cut ties with her but they finally came around when i was almost a year old. when you can make that kind of a sacrifice for another human being then its not really that much of a jump to see your children practicing their faith. surely if you can create a child and a family with someone then its not that much of an issue to share your religion with him/her, who will in turn share their's with you. your partner being uncomfortable in your place of worship is natural if its not his/her own. the responsibility to make him/her comfortable lies with you. thats a very small effort to get your forever after no?

i have a small request of the topic maker and the posters- i understand this is a 100% free forum where one is free to say as they please. but topics such as this are VERY sensitive to some of us who are either in an interfaith marriage or a product of one. you may want to rephrase the question as whether one would 'personally (only applicable to themselves and family) be able to marry someone or see a loved one marry someone of another faith' rather than saying 'do you support interfaith marriages?' when one says- i don't support interfaith marriage (in a general sense for everyone rather than pertaining to only the people within your related circle) it immediately translates to- i don't recognize this 'form' of marriage as right or valid. its an institutionally recognized fact of life- interfaith marriages. it may not be for everyone. but people who choose it shouldn't have to struggle to validate it to everyone in society. don't mean any offense. 😊

Edited by tejaswiniwenham - 10 years ago

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brainychild92

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Posted: 10 years ago

#25

Originally posted by: aditya_anjaana
In Islam inter-religion marriage is not allowed.
But yeah..u can marry after the other person turns into Muslim.
[NO OFFENCE]
My chachi was Hindu before marriage. She broke all her relation with her family and accepted Islam and then My chachu and chachi got married. Now they r happily married for 10 yrs...but still my chachi's family didn't accept their marriage and still told her to break the marriage and come back.

So this is not as easy as they showed in PKHJD, the story going really fast. But yeah in a good way.
And So i m liking it😊

Yes it is not that easy; but as a finite show, they have limited episodes.. also the complexity of the matter depends on the family and unfortunately gender.

For women... for men, you can marry outside of islam, with that intention of course... but not everyone sees it that way... My mom's friends nephew or something is married to a christian right now.. It's been about 3 or so years...

A more complex story would be of my uncle. He loved a christian but as a muslim, he refused to marry a non-muslim. She couldn't compromise her principles but said she would give islam a shot. After reading the quran, she chose islam and then married him.

A friend of mine's cousin(ish) wanted to marry a muslim girl but her family refused until he converted. It went on for a while but he finally did. Not sure how islamic they are but they're married now and have the most adorable child ever!

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