Re: Pakistani's and Interracial Marriage
I love how everyone dances around the race issue and tries to keep it just a 'religious' issue. If a South Asian man or woman married someone 'white' who either converted or already was muslim, there might be grumbling, but generally it would be accepted. If someone South Asian married a non-white, but still light-skinned person, malaysian, chinese, there would be more grumbling, but generally, things would eventually be accepted and it would be ok.
Now lastly, if a South Asian man (and good Lord forbid, lest her own family kill her first) or a woman married a BLACK person.... oh my. Our racism and discrimination would come out in ALL its ugly colors. Aunties for years to come would have the juciest piece of gossip, the person doing the marrying an example of what every parent does NOT want their kids to turn out like. We as muslims are very welcoming of our African Muslim brothers and sisters, as long as they marry within their race and leave ours, particularly our girls, alone. The whiter the skin, the higher we automatically value the person. Is it religion? No. Is it culture... oh yeah. But we disguise it well, since we have no blacks living in our societies demanding to be treated equally, and pat ourselves on the back for our racial color-blindness. :D