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Interfaith marriages can require big compromises

Individuals marry each other, not their faiths. Each faith is beautiful and is about creating harmony and building cohesive societies. Interfaith couples must be applauded for they come together with their given differences.  I am pleased to have officiated several interfaith weddings and have written quite extensively giving full value to the words of Universal …

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Indian-American Marriages Are Now Interracial or Inter-Faith

s Almost 80 Percent Indian-American Marriages Are Now Interracial or Inter-Faith- Courtesy: INDIA NEW ENGLAND NEWS WALTHAM, MA—It is now official: Almost 80 percent of Indian-American marriages are now interracial, intercultural and interfaith in the United States, and more so in New England.  SHOBHA SHASTRY: PHOTO: JAY SRINIVASAN Indian-American weddings, which were mostly homogeneous about 20 …

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AAP welcomes BJP’s stand on inter-faith marriages

New Delhi: Delhi’s ruling am Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday said it welcomed BJP’s support to inter-faith and inter-religious marriages. “Irrespective of our political ideologies, I welcome Manoj Tiwari ji who has supported inter-faith and inter-religious marriages by consenting adults,” AAP spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj tweeted. According to Delhi Police, the woman’s family was against their …

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Even in the US, it’s a roller coaster for interfaith marriages

AHMEDABAD: The clamour over ‘love jihad’ grows louder before every Valentine’s Day. However, the apprehension about interfaith marriage is not just an Indian reflex but also an equally big challenge in countries such as the US. Dilip Amin, a native of Gujarat who is settled in the US for the past four decades, has established an online forumdedicated to addressing concerns …

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Bill to protect clergy from performing marriages passes WV House

By Jake Zuckerman Staff writer Jan 30, 2018 The House of Delegates passed a bill Tuesday that would give legal protections to religious clergymen who decline to affirm marriages that conflict with their religious beliefs. House Bill 4010 is now en route to the state Senate after its 90-5 passage vote. The bill shields clergymen like priests, rabbis or …

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Kashmir’s good story – Muslims adopting Hindu kids and raising them as such

This is a blessed morning two good stories from India, one about Kerala Hindu family adopting a Muslim girl and raising her as a Muslim and getting her married of as a Muslim, and here is Muslims doing the same with Hindu orphans. We need more of these stories, we need Yogi Aditya Nath and Modi …

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Good story from Kerala – Hindu family adopts, raises and marries of a Muslim girl as a Muslim

Stories like this should roll a tear of joy, it did to me. Happiness is when there is no conflict and I am so happy to read this story. I pray the negative trends in India against interfaith marriages come to an end,  and let people marry whomever they want without harassment of any kind. If …

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Jewish-Muslim romance shaped one of India’s biggest pharma giants

This is a story of Muslim-Jewish romance and it is worth reading and reflecting.  The article “How a Muslim-Jewish romance shaped one of India’s biggest pharma giants” is the courtesy of Dawn News Paper and is appended below with gratitude.  It has all the elements of harmony, and the efforts of individuals to build cohesive …

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