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A psychologist identifies 7 signs it’s time to let go of a friendship

Despite what the Spice Girls would have us believe, it’s not true that friendship never ends. Research actually confirms what we’ve all experienced: most middle school friendships don’t even last a year. And while some adult friendships last throughout life, some make us feel like we’ve been sentenced for life. So how do you know […]

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Interfaith relationships increasingly accepted

Interfaith relationships are becoming more commonplace with each generation. Religion, for some, is not the deal-breaker for relationships that it once used to be. For some people, religion is a huge part of their culture, as are the orthodox practices they may follow. According to a 2015 Pew Research Center article, it is still commonplace

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Conservatives Welcome Non-Jews — But Will They Be Second-Class Citizens In Synagogue

When Holly first kissed Jeff on a dance floor back in the 1990s, she was a college freshman from Staten Island and he was a frat brother from Long Island. They both had New York accents. He thought the petite brunette was Jewish. But Holly Rizzuto was and still is an Italian Catholic, named Holly

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4 Weddings And A Hindu-Muslim Couple From Mumbai.

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

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Get amendment to Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act passed speedily, govt told

KUCHING: The federal government should not delay in getting the amendment to Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act which institutes legal safeguards against unilateral conversions of minors passed in Parliament. In making this call, PKR Women national vice-president Vook Shiak Ni said the passing of the amendment is of utmost importance to the children, especially

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How to cope when children seek a new faith

When Aida Vazin was 15, she decided her mother’s Baha’i faith was not right for She spent time studying Islam, her grandparents’ religion, but ultimately decided organized religion wasn’t for her. When it comes to spirituality and faith, she feels more comfortable with Eastern philosophies on how to live a healthy lifest What made Vazin’s

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‘Switched At Birth’ Gets An Interfaith Marriage Dilemma Just Right

Courtesy : Forward March 27, 2017 By Linda Buchwald Adam Taylor/Freeform Via Getty Images (JTA) — “Switched At Birth” Has Broken The Mold For A Show That Some Might Have Dismissed As A Teen Drama. The Series, Which Premiered On ABC Family (Now Freeform) In 2011, Is About How Two Families Handle The Discovery That

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Muslim Women Can Marry Outside The Faith

  By Professor Junaid Jahangir He created for you mates to find tranquillity in them; and He placed between you affection and mercy ~ 30:21 Last month, CBC reported the news of an interfaith couple, Shaaz, a Muslim woman, and Jarred, a Jewish man, who live in Airdrie, Alberta. While they found a Cantor, they

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Muslim Sisters: Don’t Let Faith Stop You From Getting Married

By Shahla Khan Salter Recently, Junaid Jahangir wrote a blog arguing that Muslim women can marry outside the faith. Junaid quoted 10 modern-day authorities and mentioned that Universalist Muslims and a few other organizations who are seated outside the traditional Islamic establishment, serve the Muslim community by connecting interfaith couples, who consist of Muslim women

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