Re: Is there anybody here that married outside of their culture or language?
I know A LOT of people who married outside their “tribe” in Pakistan. I don’t use the word “caste”, it’s not the correct term.
I know A LOT of people who married non-Pakistanis when they were of Pakistani descent. I know people who have married people of other races altogether. They’re all happy.
This stupid need to marry within your tribe was something Rasullullah SAW tried to eradicate centuries ago, and here we are, doing the same crap. Given that there is such an emphasis on religion in Pakistan, it’s really surprising that these basic practices are not part of Pakistani mentality.
I mean, we make such an issue of Punjabi vs. Urdu speaking vs. sindhi vs. pathan vs. memon/gujrati vs. bengali, vs. south indian vs. UP vs. sri lankan vs. balochi etc. But we forget we’re all basically the same race. Syed vs. Non-Syed. All bakhwaas.
Meanwhile Rasullullah (SAW) married women of varied races and ages and backgrounds. And he asked that tribes marry into one another.
I just don’t think Pakistanis have much ground with their religiosity honestly. The amount of Islam ACTUALLY practiced in Pakistan is miniscule. Maybe this is why no matter how many namazein we read and we wear burqas now and have beards, the state of Pakistan is still DISMAL.
Yup exactly. Especially your last paragraph. Pakistanis have a lot of cultural customs that get mixed up with religion. They’ll pray 5x a day but neglect other things that make up humanity and decency.