just take shah rukh khan and his wife gauri as example - they've worked!

Probably going on a tangent, but I know of same faith marriages where one of the couple get disowned.

It takes guts and maturity, I'll give em that.

Know a couple, I'll try and get em to come on here and let you know if I can.

'just take a look at shah ruh khan n gauri,it works' lol, what a load of rubbish, no true practising hindu or muslim would marry out their faith.

chronicalali, do you mean to say "true practising hindu or muslim" marriages don't fail?

Like never?

Awesome.

no scroll_lock,u taking it out of context,,never mind cultures clashing,when a married couple of 2 diffrent faiths bring up theis children,wat do u want them to become,confused?

I'd hope good human beings. Kids can grow up an change faith no matter how much of their faith you teach them.

It's like teaching them right from wrong, but influenced by wrong people then they may consider taking the wrong path in life. You can never completely teach kids what to become or do. Kids are confused most their childhood life, until they learn what life is for themselves.

Most of my family is mixed faiths and they're all happily married.

Well put, rani241.

People over-simplify "faith" and "culture" like it's a uniform.

Firstly, there's no such thing as a "pure culture". Culture is always changing, adapting and responding. Influences are coming in and going out all the time.

"Faith" is also something that changes. People question it and re-assess it when it becomes restrictive and its practise questionable. That's when people sometimes go "back to the book" to see whether they haven't misinterpreted it. Sometimes, they'll come up with a new faith, like the Reformation and the creation of Protestantism, or Sikhism, all in the middle-ages.

"Culture" often gets mixed-up with Tradition, which by definition is mostly unchanging. You just add to it, and perhaps drop some.

And I think Tradition, Culture, and Faith are only part of what goes into the upbringing of a child, but obviously influences the way we interact with the world.

hey everybody
new on this site and on any form for that matter would like to request all of you to answer the in a precise way. the question put accross by sona was does anybody know successful inter religion marriages and if yes how it took place and the events which followed.
so, if anybody knows such couple do tell their story as thats what the realy query was...... thanks

Hello Ventuar123. Welcome to the WorldWideWobble.

I'm not any kind of expert, but from what I've seen here, the way this forum works, is that you post your point of view on a given subject.

You can make a statement to tell the world what you think. You can take issue with a particular point, and I stress point, not person. The latter usually leads to a downard spiral into a loathsome void, the former can sometimes stimulate and engage.

From the fact that you've posted in this particular topic, though I have yet seen the other to see whether you have posted there, I would presume that you have a particular interest or experience of mixed marriages?

I am most interested in know what that might be. Perhaps that will engage people enough to post a response.

Ive just come accross this website and discussion by accident but felt compelled to comment. I am a hindu married to a muslim and we have one child. My husband and I are bot intelligent articulate individuals who have complete respect for each others choice to practise different religions. Our son will be brought up knowing fully about both faiths and when he is old enough it will be his choice as to which he wishes to practise or alternatively he can choose both!! or none at all!!! He is privileged to come from two rish cultures and neithe rmyslef or my husband would deprive him of one of them. Our familes were initially against our marriage but due to our determination they have now come around to it , particularly as they have seen how we have not attempted to change each other. Those people who are repulsed by our marriage have no idea about love, tolerance nor have thay any desire sadly to enrich their lives by learning about other cultures. I hope my story inspires others. I must say that we are one of the lucky few as I am aware of many situations like my own that do not work out mainly due to lack of toleance andsupport from each other and families. When one partner wants to convert the other I really do not feel that it bodes well for a successful marriage.

Poplartree, hats off to you, nice post.

Poplartree, out of interest what kind of name will you give your child?

Our child has name which is acceptable to both cultures/religions. To further assuage your curiosity about us here are more details: We had two wedding ceremonies, Hindu and Muslim and of course the civil ceremony required by Law. Only a few of my husbands family came to the hindu wedding and similarly only a few of my family attended the muslim wedding - this worked out well as it didnt stress us out so much. My husband and I have been together for 15 years but married for 5 years. My husband has attended Temple with my family on occasion and family religious events and even came to India with my family and myself. I have gone to visit Bangladesh with my husband and his family and similarly taken part in muslim religious festivals on occasion. We have many friends in mixed marriages of different religions and we all live in a cosmopolitan city where it is just not an issue, but something to be proud of.

Hi....Poplartree...are you actually me !!! LOL ! I am hindu married to a muslim, I have been married for nearly 7 years but we have been together for the last 15 !
We also had a mini muslim hindu wedding and a huge mixed religion reception...it all worked out well. I have two boys and I suppose now we seem to be getting a bit of input from relatives etc about religion but i strongly beleive that as long as my kids grow up as good humans and have faith in god as a whole the rest will follow...as long as they realise they are indian and do indian things, they will be ok !!

Well said bea. I think personally, your kids and poplartree's too, will be so lucky to grow up in sucha a bi cultural environment. I hate it when people say ''oh but it confuses the kids''. I'd love to know more about your daily lives, activities, holidays, outlooks etc.

At last, some really inspiring synthesis of cultures for a change. Why? Because the INTENT of the people involved was pure and dedicated from the beginning. My strongest respect to you girls.... :-)

Thanks Raja, we just live life normally, our generation is pretty diluted when it comes to religion now anyway, so its not like we follow everything down to a T. Obviously we celebrate Diwali and Eid, but thats about it, !!! I do however have a mini temple in my house which has hindu gods aswell as the quaran in it so when my kids think of god they think of both. Things are getting a bit complex now with grandparents going on about sending my eldest to religion classes, to learn about islam, which i think is fair enough but the teachers are so backwards and i dont want him to go somewhere were they state `idol worshipping is a sin` etc...so i would rather i learn about islam myself and teach them my way !!! that way i get to also teach them hinduism, which i guess i would have to study a bit to.....!!!!! hope that helps !!