My sister is a british christian and is married to a muslim, they have a young daughter and son and twice now he's shaved their heads without even telling her and then when she gets home from work she goes mad and he doesn't give her an explanation except for "thats what we do in our culture" and completely disrespects how she wants to bring up their children. I've told her next time to kick him in the nads and say "thats what we do in our culture"! why do they do it?
2006-08-20 03:56:42 · 12 answers · asked by EvieEvans 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Why do Christians believe in resurrection? Personally I would take a shaved head over an utterly absurd and damaging belief.
2006-08-20 04:04:55 · answer #1 · answered by Ballzy 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't think it's a muslim thing either. South Americans often do this as well - my brother-in-law says that it's to give their hair a good start. I was horrified by the idea of shaving a baby's hair and so my South American husband agreed that we wouldn't shave our daughter's hair, although he admitted that he had cut the hair of both his son and daughter from his previous marriage! That said, though, when I see how lovely South Americans' and Asian people's hair tends to be, I sometime think that perhaps there might be something to that hair shaving thing after all (even if I couldn't bear for my own offspring to be shorn!)
2006-08-23 00:52:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm guessing her husband is both Indian or Pakistani? i'm muslim, even with the undeniable fact that it is not portion of Islam that he does this. probably because he's Indian or Pakistani. My mothers and fathers households used to do this back living house as well (they're both from Pakistan.) of their eyes, the further you shave the youngsters hair, the thicker their hair grows. per chance he's an extremely classic individual and likes to maintain on including his kinfolk's customs, yet my mothers and fathers do not do this. they imagine this is irrelevant for older childrens to have shaved heads. Purhaps your sister can search for advice from with him and tell him how she feels about it.
2016-11-30 21:10:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nemo is right..its rather a regional practice rather than religion.
As for why such traditions should be dealt carefullly with dialogue and understanding rather than disrespect. This is the key to any cross cultural relationship. try to refrain from the suggestion of thomas-it only disconnects people.
Try to understand the tradition in the context of tropical heat of those regions as opposed to europe. I am not defending the actions of your sister's husband but he needs to be shown the missing logic. He might be thinking of his own childhood and bringing them to his son???
2006-08-20 06:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by sumits1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my son's allergist was from Pakistan and he urged me to shave my son's head saying his hair would grow back thicker. i don't think it's true. both my sons have hair past their shoulders, neither have had more than a trim ever, and one has thick lulxurious hair, the other average hair.
sounds like your bro-in-law doesn't even know why he's doing it. reminds me of the story "the Lottery."
also reminds me of an Indian village elder saying to a British colonial officer - don't stop us from burning widows on the funeral pyre. it is our tradition. Fine, said the brit. we're building a gallows right next to the pyre and everytime you burn a widow, we'll hang the person who did it. It's our tradition.
I don't say this to excuse imperialism.
What have the romans ever done for us? besides roads, aquaducts, keeping down crime...
2006-08-20 05:00:55 · answer #5 · answered by t jefferson 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure it has to do with Islam, I think it's cultural and shaving little kids head is meant for them to re-grow stronger and thicker hair. It's common in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh...
is your sister's husband from Pakistan by any chance ?
2006-08-20 04:02:56 · answer #6 · answered by Nemo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a muslim and we dont do that its probably an excuse for shaving the kids head
2006-08-20 04:03:00 · answer #7 · answered by Sher K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shaving head does not depend whether or not one is Muslim, It's a pesrsonal problem.
2006-08-20 04:08:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know but thats really weird. i never heard of that. im muslim and i never heard of doing that before usually the girls wear hijabs and then the guyz can grow out there hair and do watever.
2006-08-20 04:06:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing to do with Muslim religion at all.Only their culture.
Totally is not necessary.Could be,they make a celebration to inform others to welcome the baby.
2006-08-20 04:11:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋