Section 4.2: Ketubah: Jewish Marriage Contract

Section 4.2: Ketubah: Jewish Marriage Contract A ketubah (meaning written thing) is a Jewish prenuptial agreement. It is considered an integral part of a traditional Jewish marriage, and outlines the rights and responsibilities of the groom, in relation to the bride. The following provides flavor for a traditional Orthodox ketubah. Most Jewish couples today however […]

Section 4.3: Parents Are Usually Left with No Options

Section 4.3: Parents Are Usually Left with No Options Mahesh says: Hindu-Jew Marriage situation: I found this Forum very interesting. In my opinion, observation or experience, we as parents, are usually left with no options, but to yield or concede to our children’s choices. I feel as a parent, in such situations of Inter-Faith Marriages, […]

Am a Hindu and He is Anglo Indian Christian

Veena says: June 19, 2017 at 5:36 am Hi Durga, I read your story in interfaith shaadi. Am really sad and presently facing the same situation as u have now only one change is that we both have job still his mom is not allowing. Actually I thought of presenting this relationship first at his […]

Section 5.1: Hindu-Muslim Marriages

Section 5.1: Hindu-Muslim Marriages Interfaith marriage is one of the most fundamental sinful actions in Islam after shirk, rebellion against parental authority and killing a person without any legal reason. However, according to our research, 45% of Muslims marry outside their faith in America. It is a common practice for this “interfaith” marriage problem to […]

Section 5.1: FAQ: Hindu-Muslim Marriages

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Section 5.2: Nikaah: The Muslim Marriage Contract

Section 5.2: Nikaah: The Muslim Marriage Contract Islamic Law permits a Muslim man to marry up to four (non-Muslim; Koran 4:3) women from the People of the Book (that is, Christians and Jews) but all of the children must be brought up as Muslims. However, there cannot be an Islamic nikaah wedding between a Muslim […]

Section 5.3: Islamic Perspective: Six Points of Hindu-Muslim Dating

Section 5.3: Islamic Perspective: Six Points of Hindu-Muslim Dating Mac contributes at dev.interfaithshaadi.org/ as an Islamic expert. His mother is a former Brahmin-Hindu and he himself, at one point, was in an interfaith love relationship with a Brahmin-Hindu girl in his college. Here he conveys that Hindu-Muslim marriage with equality is not possible. Mac says: […]

Section 5.4: I Salute a Muslim

Section 5.4: I Salute a Muslim Following is based on a letter By Seema (Ghufran) Maheshwari titled “Loyalty and the Indian Muslims” that appeared in INDIA ABROAD on November 27, 2009. Seema believes that Major Nidal Hasan’s murderous rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, was due to his divided loyalties between being an American soldier and […]

Section 5.5: Hindu: Finally I Have to Unwillingly Revert to Islam

Section 5.5: Hindu: Finally I Have to Unwillingly Revert to Islam At dev.interfaithshaadi.org/, the majority of posts (more than 700) and comments are related to non-Muslim-to-Muslim marriages. Considering this is a major subject of interest, the author has included real life experiences of 55 couples in such relationships in this book. Interfaith dating couples should […]

Section 5.6: He (Muslim) Could Not Understand the Concept of Pluralism

Section 5.6: He (Muslim) Could Not Understand the Concept of Pluralism The author found a major difference in the mindset of two types of new adults. A pluralist and inclusivist has no problem being a part of an intended spouse’s belief system while in an exclusivist’s mind being a part of other’s faiths is not […]