Re: Consequences of a mixed faith/cultural marriage
initially my parents weren’t thrilled by the idea but after meeting him, they were happy. we had a ‘nikah’ and he did convert for the sake of nikah just so that my parents and family will be able to accept our marriage. Neither of us are religious or care about it, so that never came between us. he is supposedly catholic but doesn’t care much about it. I know a few other girls from muslim background who have married hindus, and christians, so far all of them have been quite happy. It all depends on how you feel about the religious differences and how much you actually follow religion. I know a guy whos supposedly religious, sits in eitkaaf during ramadan, did hajj, always posting hadith and religious quotes on facebook, but he’s married to a christian girl who drinks, wears ‘non-islamically approved’ clothes such as short dresses, swimsuits, skirts and all that. they seem to be happily married. so i guess even though he’s religious, it doesn’t bother him that his wife is completely different. so it’s different for everyone.
Did the parents come around when they married with the examples you mention? did the Indians/pakistani non muslims convert like they should have ? Did parents come around?