Re: Any alternate of conventional 'Rishta process'
I have always been pushing youth organizations in the community to get more active on this issue. There needs to be more youth organizations (through universities, etc) that organize socials for general purposes, volunteer activities, leadership opportunities, community outreach programs, etc. That way, you do a lot for your community and deen, and also, lots of people get to know one another thru these mediums. Islamic lectures, dars' etc should be co-ed. At our university, we would have a weekly Islamic "reflections" lecture after Friday prayer - we would get together, girls and guys, sit in a circle and have a dynamic debate/discussion on a particular topic. We each did research, or pseudo-research on the topic, came with questions etc and educational materials and just talked about a topic.
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thats a grt idea ...where did u grow up ?