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Re: Marriage between Hindu and Muslim
In article <4gtt0h$l6t@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
Tinku <dvg01042@mail.everyday.no> wrote:
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>Hello, It was interesting to hare such a story. My opinion is that this
>marriage will never work. Causes:
i have an old friend. he is a fanatic hindu from West Indies.
his daughter fell in love with a muslim, and he was shocked
when she told him. after a moment of reflection his reaction
was:
(1) For him, his beliefs are insignificant and unimportant
compared to happyness of his daughter.
(2) A good hindu wife will try her best to work out her
marriage. Religion is not a label, but a path of
morality to spiritualism.
(3) There is nothing wrong in *adopting* to the new culture
and life, including traditions etc. (euphemism for
conversion) since that is a hindu way.
(4) Lastly, she should not do anything that brings down
the reputation of the *institution* to which she
belongs. (euphemism for hinduism).
She is happily married for over 15 years, with nice kids.
They follow both religions. their names are also funny
combinations of two religions.
i also know of a muslim woman married to a hindu. she was
very reluctant to participate in any hindu rituals. But
when her daughter graduated from school and was about to enter
a college and a formal ritual (homa) (all west indian hindus
seem to do this) was arranged, she voluntarily joined her
husband in the homa ritual as well as paying o'ces to elders,
to be pleasant surprise of her husband.
Third incident: a gentle man came to a old vaidiki scholar
for opinion on matching of horoscopes between his son's and
a girl's. He then commented that his son fell in love with
her, and there is nothing he can do about the choice, and is
asking for opinion only out of parental concern. and the
scholar (who does not work for money) replied: 'if it is
a love marriage, there is no need for matching of horoscopes,
eeswar himself has made the decision for them"
