Re: Taking The Husband's Name After Marriage - Not Based on Shareeah
Agreed. On both points. :)
On your second point though, I didn't offer any Islamic ruling. I just raised the question as to why are Arabic cultural norms constantly force-fed to muslims as the only Islamic way of doing things. This is a discussion, not a fatwa producing exercise. Hopefully muslims are not brain-dead that they can not use basic Islamic rulings and apply them in modern times across different cultures. Afterall, we do believe that Islam is a faith for all times and for all cultures around the world, and not restricted to just Arabic speaking bedouins.