{"id":703,"date":"2021-09-17T11:50:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-paderborn.de\/zekkblog\/?p=703"},"modified":"2021-11-21T10:29:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T09:29:46","slug":"inter-religious-marriage-may-love-be-your-way-to-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-paderborn.de\/zekkblog\/2021\/09\/17\/inter-religious-marriage-may-love-be-your-way-to-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Inter-religious Marriage: May Love be your way to God!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_703 social_share_privacy clearfix 1.6.4 locale-de_DE sprite-de_DE\"><\/div><div class=\"twoclick-js\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\njQuery(document).ready(function($){if($('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_703')){$('.twoclick_social_bookmarks_post_703').socialSharePrivacy({\"txt_help\":\"Wenn Sie diese Felder durch einen Klick aktivieren, werden Informationen an Facebook, Twitter, Flattr, Xing, t3n, LinkedIn, Pinterest oder Google eventuell ins Ausland \\u00fcbertragen und unter Umst\\u00e4nden auch dort gespeichert. N\\u00e4heres erfahren Sie durch einen Klick auf das <em>i<\\\/em>.\",\"settings_perma\":\"Dauerhaft aktivieren und Daten\\u00fcber-tragung zustimmen:\",\"info_link\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heise.de\\\/ct\\\/artikel\\\/2-Klicks-fuer-mehr-Datenschutz-1333879.html\",\"uri\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.uni-paderborn.de\\\/zekkblog\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/17\\\/inter-religious-marriage-may-love-be-your-way-to-god\\\/\",\"post_id\":703,\"post_title_referrer_track\":\"Inter-religious+Marriage%3A+May+Love+be+your+way+to+God%21\",\"display_infobox\":\"on\"});}});\n\/* ]]> *\/<\/script><\/div>\n<p>During my summer holiday in Tunisia, I met one of my old Muslim friends, her Christian Indian husband and their 3-year-old British son. We talked about their inter-religious marriage, and they told me that they are very happy in their heterogeneous life because they simply respect each other\u2019s beliefs and customs while their son enjoys the celebrations of both traditions and attends the prayer on Friday in the mosque and on Sunday in the church.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The percentage of mixed marriages increased in the context of globalization and immigration, which created new spaces for coexistence. However, it still poses big challenges between many believers from different religions and raises disturbing questions, especially concerning the ability to manage between the sanctity of human feelings and the sanctity of religious facts and duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The majority of religions draw the human and emotional boundaries by faith. That\u2019s why it warns its adherents, especially women, against marriage outside their affiliation, which makes many believers act as if the religion is a closed group.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Islamic jurisprudence, a Muslim man may marry a non-Muslim woman to increase the mass of Muslims and sometimes this is considered as a kind of Jihad. Meanwhile, this is not permissible to a Muslim woman. The common argument for this prohibition is that no one who does not adhere to Islam comes out of the womb of a Muslim woman to avoid the spread of non-Muslims among the Umma. For me, this argumentation serves only the masculine superiority in many societies, which contradicts the Qur\u2019anic principle of equality between women and men in terms of rulings and duties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This jurisprudence was actually embodied in the Tunisian state\u2019s decision to ban the law that prevents Tunisian women from marrying a non-Muslim, and this was accepted and supported by the Tunisian Dar al- Iftaa. However, it remains an exception in the Muslim world. In many countries, an interreligious marriage is still perceived as a weakening of the spouse\u2019s religious community. For instance, according to the sociologist Anne Fran\u00e7oise Weber, marriages between members of the Muslim community and those of the Christian community \u201care perceived as contrary to the norms of Lebanese society\u201d.<sup><a href=\"\/\/F4E88A40-5F56-4308-9166-29540C583B70#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup> When a Muslim woman marries a man from another religion, her name changes in civil registries, and she loses the right to vote as a member of her original community. Even the children born into interreligious marriages cannot be considered members of the wife\u2019s original Muslim community although this type of marriage represents a deep experience that can allow the emergence of a new generation of believers who base their affiliation on free choice and love. But the question that remains is: could love unite what a jurisprudence separates?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/\/F4E88A40-5F56-4308-9166-29540C583B70#_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a>&nbsp;Weber, Anne Fran\u00e7oise. 2008. &#8222;Briser et suivre les normes : les couples islamo-chr\u00e9tiens au Liban,&#8220; in Les m\u00e9tamorphoses du mariage au Moyen-Orient. Edited by Barbara Drieskens. Beirut : Presses de l&#8217;Institut fran\u00e7ais du Proche-Orient (IFPO). [Accessed 10 Mar. 2015]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-paderborn.de\/zekkblog\/files\/2021\/09\/stained-glass-4760919_1920-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uni-paderborn.de\/zekkblog\/files\/2021\/09\/stained-glass-4760919_1920-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-paderborn.de\/zekkblog\/files\/2021\/09\/stained-glass-4760919_1920-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-paderborn.de\/zekkblog\/files\/2021\/09\/stained-glass-4760919_1920-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-paderborn.de\/zekkblog\/files\/2021\/09\/stained-glass-4760919_1920-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uni-paderborn.de\/zekkblog\/files\/2021\/09\/stained-glass-4760919_1920.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-blue-color has-text-color\">Nadia Saad ist Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Seminar f\u00fcr Islamische Theologie der Universit\u00e4t Paderborn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#Interfaith Marriage #God #Love<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During my summer holiday in Tunisia, I met one of my old Muslim friends, her Christian Indian husband and their 3-year-old British son. 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