Just saw Shah Rukh Khan’s new movie “My Name Is Khan”.It presents a romanticized view of Hindu Muslim marriage.It portrays that Hindu muslim marriage can be long lasting even without any partner converting.How would you view the survivability of such marriages specially in North American and European context?
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Not possible in my eyes. Very different to marry someone who is from an Abrahamic faith than to marry a kafir.
so what other deep falsafa did you gather from the intellectual exercise that is watching a Bollywood filam?
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These movies are there to put ideas into your mind . A fiction today is a reality tomorrow.
But guys it does happen and you know it.Obviously not on a large scale!
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Bollocks.
Just saw Shah Rukh Khan's new movie "My Name Is Khan".It presents a romanticized view of Hindu Muslim marriage.It portrays that Hindu muslim marriage can be long lasting even without any partner converting.How would you view the survivability of such marriages specially in North American and European context?
It may be,but it isn't appropriate to practice/go for such a marriage,since our religion doesn't allow it.
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It's not that uncommon. ONn of my cousin married a hindu guy and they are still married for 4 years now and are very happy together.
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its mostly done in india in upper class..theyr doing it oeacefully with no qualms n no problems
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it's haram...marriage to a non ahl-e-kitab s haram in Islam. so any such 'marriage' doesnt exist in Islam. and a marriage that has no sharayi value is just like an extra marital relationship. so imagine the gunah you are actually piling up for yourself in this world and the Hereafter.
and even if we take out Islam from the equation, putting your young children in religious jeopardy cant keep such marriages alive for long. Islam encompasses the belief of an All knowing All seeing One Allah whom we cannot see nor percieve while Hinduisim is all about different idol gods they worship daily. imagine what impact that would have on your child even if both parties keep on practising their own faiths with freedom :)
bollywood movies are no doubt very entertaining with all the masalas and at times do highlight social problems quite well too.
but frankly speaking, if SRK wouldnt have shown this Hindu Muslim marriage in the film..(he infact was justifiying his own shadi to a hindu) and would have gone on with the advocation of Muslims' and Islam's image in the movie, extremists like Shiv Sina would have probably driven him out or worse killed him.
Publicity stunt is what I call it...in a country where alot of people from different faiths live, it is ESSENTIAL to keep the majority of them happy ! otherwise all hell would break lose. so the story of MNIK is very nicely done, very endearing but has no basis in real life for a Muslim at least :)
Though I laud Karan Johar and SRK's effort to neutralize the Muslims' negative image all over the world and it is great that they managed to pull off such a sensitive topic well enough :)
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I saw the trailers of the movie and from the day one i didnt like the idea behind the story. thats why i am not even eager to watch it. these all khans have married hindus, sikhs and chirstians there. Sorry to say but they know nothing about who they are. fazool movies… 
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None of these Khans are really practicing Muslims so does it really matter if they marry a hindu or a Muslim? I know a few couples in real life who have had hindu-muslim marriage and they aren't all that religious.
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^ thats true too. But the prob is that they are ruining the whole image of islam. I mean i got so many proposals from Hindus and they were quoting these khans. 
I know a couple from real life too where the gal is muslim and guy is hindu. The gal goes to mosque and those majlis etc and tries to be a very practicing muslim. but alas whats the use when her nikah is not halaal with her hindu husband. By the way its been 5-6 yrs of their marriage and they have no kids. Coz now they are thinking which religion the kids will follow 
I don’t see how a muslim marrying a hindu is ruining the image of Islam. If anything, they are just not good Muslims I guess, that doesn’t mean they are damaging the religion itself.
It’s everyones choice who they want to get married to, whether its hindu or muslim. Live and let live…
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Tammy just to clarify they are not muslims. So it is not an issue. In Islam there is no concept of practicing, good, bad, liberal, conservative or fundementalist. There is only Islam. You accept it or you don't. People can't pick and choose what they wish to do.
In the case of the Khan's they are welcome to do what they wish. But it is against the prinicples of Islam and our faith. They insult it by attempting to make a sin acceptable.
Just saw Shah Rukh Khan's new movie "My Name Is Khan".It presents a romanticized view of Hindu Muslim marriage.It portrays that Hindu muslim marriage can be long lasting even without any partner converting.How would you view the survivability of such marriages specially in North American and European context?
I think this is a complicated topic. There are various opinions.
Some consider only Jews and Christians Ahle Kitab.
Some consider Hindus ahle Kitab too because they interprete People of Book can be any nation who had received Scriptures.
Some believe only Unitarian non-Muslims women are marriageable to Muslim men.
I believe, one should do proper research and consider all the consequences before marrying a non-muslim woman.
Thanks for bringing that out. I couldnt have said it better.
so what other deep falsafa did you gather from the intellectual exercise that is watching a Bollywood filam?
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guyss ... teh question is not whether its halal or not or if its allowed or not allowed in islam ... i think we all know the answer to that question ..... the only thing the thread starter is asking is that if you think these kinda marriages work or not .. thats it which in my opinion will cause some serious issues once children get involved
as a side note as far as movie is concerned its a good movie and portrays muslims in a better light than i have seen any other movie ... yea the hindu muslim marriage is a touchy subject as is shown in the movie
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IMO, it is definitely not a problem for either an abrahamic believer girl or an abrahamic believer guy to marry a non-abrahamic believer provided that the non-abrahamic believer is willing to accept abrahamic beliefs & is willing to be apart of it, practicing or not, it is important to accept the basic idea of believing in ONE God & all the prophets, renounce the belief of many gods & ignorant, ancient filthy ways of living.
If the non-abrahamic believer is willing to accept the light into his / her life, it would actually be a sawab not only for him / her but also for the one who brought him to the right path and married him / her.