What do you feel about inter-religional marriage?

Question

Like a Islamic follower married a christian or atheist marries a christian, I personally see nothing wrong with it.


Question :Which you think is better same faiths marrying or different faiths marrying.

Well ive read the news about a Christian girl marrying a Islamic boy, the boys father threatening to kill him if he marries a christian and the girls parents threatened to disown her if she married someone not the same faith.

Answer 1

Tolerance is the key. It may be easier for some to marry within their religious beliefs.

Blessings )O(

Answer 2

There is nothing 'wrong' with interfaith marriages. However, where one or both parties have really strong feelings about their faith, then some sort of pre-marital agreement must be set up concerning the teachings of any children raised by the couple. It should also be agreed that all such children be raised in the same faith until they are old enough to make their own decision. Otherwise, there could be serious conflict between the children themselves.
If the couple cannot agree to such an arrangement, their marriage is probably going to be risky at best, and their different faiths could cause serious repercussions to their union.

Answer 3

A muslim can marry a christian; there is nothing wring with this but not the other way round beause at the end of the day the main responsibility of securing the family is the man's and he needs to be a muslim.

I see nothing wrong other than this, I mean away from muslims. However, I believe it is confusing to the children.

Personally, I love to marry someone to share everything with, same thougts, feelings, principles, rituals, celebrations - not go on different roads. I prefer same faith marriages.

Answer 4

Be open about your beliefs and expectations with each other. Just being in love is not everything about being married. You have to even look at the bigger picture. What is going to happen when you have kids? Many inter-religious marriages have a problem when it's time to decide what religion the kids will follow etc. Unless this is worked out, I don;t think there should be a problem. Oh, and did I mention... what if your opinions change over the years... then what? Lots of confusion...!

Answer 5

There can be a great deal of problems in inter-faith marriages.

One of the problems is incompatibility of faiths that would result in a wedge being driven between the two people.

Another potential problem is that one of the persons in the marriage will abandon his or her faith to accommodate the other person. This could cause resentment from that person's family.

Another problem is deciding which faith to bring the children up in.

I am not saying that interfaith marriages are a bad idea or that there are no successful interfaith marriages. I know of many successful interfaith marriages. But an interfaith marriage will face difficulties and roadblocks that you will not face in a marriage in which the two people profess the same faith.

Answer 6

If both parties are strong in their respective faiths, it takes a heckuva lotta work to make such a union stick.

If only one is strong in his/her faith, it's a bit easier, but will take persistence on the part of the each to put up with the other's different level of faith.

If neither is strong in their faith, then it'll probably be no more difficult than any other marriage.

In NO case is marriage easy. It takes dedicated work each and every day, a willingness to overlook foibles, forgive mistakes, and pocket pride for the sake of the beloved.

People of the same faith at least have one less potential bone over which they need not fight.

Answer 7

Staying married involves a lot of adjustments. Even if you are from the same religion educational and socio-economic status. So an inter-religious marriage involves PLENTY of effort and work. Both must be mature and loving enough to let the other person be her(him)self. There should not be any emotional blackmails of" if you love me".
Children too must be kept in mind.

Answer 8

i think its a very personal decision between the two invloved in it,,,,marriage or any kind of relation needs agreat deal of tolerance which i feel springs from the depth of empathy for eachother which develops through trust. there is nothing wrong in inter faith marriage so long the consenting partners has a deep sense of tolerance for eachother there is noduobt about it that friends and relatives may not always be suppotive of the whole idea but if two lovers are firm in their convictions to be wid eacother then no one can seperate them..this also has its advantage of alloing the children to grow up in an atmosphere of greater religious tolerance which is the need of the hour for the young generation....

Answer 9

My parents aren't from the same race, religion or background (my dad is Muslim and black and my mum is European and just believes in God and the values of islam but isn't a Muslim as such). They have been married for 27 yrs and never fight. I was allowed to choose my religion and how i wanted to see the world and was encouraged to explore...my dad is moderate so that helps and religion for us is personal....but it works if you respect each other and accept that you are different in some ways and don't over analyse everything, just let the love guide you....learn from one another's difference and be open to the benfits of them.

Answer 10

There is nothing wrong with interfaith marriage. However, the problem is how they are going to raise their children. This should be discussed long before a marriage takes place. I have seen one marriage end because both wanted to raise the children in their own religion. This was a Jewish/Christian marriage.

Answer 11

I believe in inter-religional relationships, but would always support marriage of same faiths, just because then the children would have a firm identity on that matter. However, tings can work perfectly in other cases, also.