Re: Is "Rasam-e-Hina" allowed in Islam ?
Weddings are a very cultural phenomenom, and as such, there are no strict perscriptions of exactly how you're to conduct the logistics of a wedding. There are broad guidelines and principles, like for heaven's sake, lets not waste a lot of money on weddings especially if its going to put you in debt because that's just irresponsible and you create a burden on society. Other than that, its really up to you. I've seen so many Pakistani weddings, and they were not obscene. You guys take it too far.
Furthermore, true, there were weddings in Arabia at that time, but find me some ayah that says we must do our weddings exactly as they were done at that time. There is no such ruling. Early muslims were much more flexible than your lot who love to impose restrictions on anything and everything, and because they were accomodating of cultures they took Islam to, Islam spread really fast.