For a long time, Muslim men married women of the book–Jews, Christians, and Muslims (Abrahamic), while Muslim women rarely married outside Islam. Likewise, Hindus married only within their faith or sometimes to others from the Dharmic (Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh) traditions. These norms are changing; American Muslim women are marrying non-Muslim men. In America today, according…
Indeed, there are more single Muslim women in the United States than single men. As a pluralist and an interfaith specialist who has conducted many interfaith marriages between people of different faiths, I continue to learn, understand and know the issues, and the more I learn, the more openings pop up, learning is an endless commitment.…
As a wedding officiant, I counsel the couples to live a happier life by preparing them to anticipate and mitigating conflicts and nurturing goodwill. More importantly, learning to accept and respect the otherness of the other instead of fighting a life-time to change the other. I came across this article, “Sex can make you live…
Twenty-two years ago my husband John and I married with two ceremonies: a December Methodist Blessing ceremony in his hometown and an Episcopal wedding ceremony five months later in Austin, Texas. Did our personalized interfaith wedding raise some eyebrows in my traditional Catholic family? Certainly. Did we enjoy our tailored celebrations and ceremonies? Absolutely. Today,…
Faiz and Ankita came from different religious backgrounds and fell in love during college. NEW DELHI: Ankita Agarwal and Faiz Rehman met each other while pursuing MBA at the Indian Institute of Management, and, in their own words, it was love at first sight. Ever since that, the two have given us relationship goals every step…
by Huma NisarApril 17, 2022 Interfaith Marriages, a Washington-based wedding officiant service, led by a prominent Indian American Muslim Mike Ghouse, has been recognized as a winner of the 2022 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award. WeddingWire is a global marketplace connecting engaged couples with local wedding professionals, and its Couples’ Choice Awards® recognizes local wedding professionals who demonstrate excellence in…
Men have not outgrown their ‘need’ to control others, particularly their women. They want their women to be subservient to their whims, even in America, and in all faith traditions. It is what the men wish that happens. Societies are still misogynistic, and I hope it will change. I am pleased to share the reverse…
Growing up without filters of religion, nationality, race, or ethnicity, couples of South Asian descent marry for only love Ishq par zor nahīñ hai ye vo ātish ‘ġhālib’Ki lagāe na lage aur bujhāe na bane Love is not in one’s control, this is that fire rousedIt cannot be willed to ignite, nor can it be…
On June 12, 2017, it will have been 50 years since the U.S. Supreme Court decided that Americans should in fact be allowed to marry a partner of whatever race they want. Since then, many American couples have availed themselves of that right, although white people remain much less likely to marry another race than people of…
By Our Representative In an email alert to Counterview, a senior Washington DC-based activist has said that recent trends suggest, when India is regressing, the diaspora in the US is fast progressing ahead with having interfaith marriages. In the long haul, the more we are united, the lesser the friction between the peoples and greater the…