Older, unmarried female Muslims outnumber their male counterparts for many reasons. Fussiness is not one of them
Source: Syma Mohammed · guardian.co.uk
A few years ago, at the behest of my mother, I attended a Muslim marriage event in Glasgow. These are events where Muslim men and women meet for the purpose of seeking an ideal marriage partner.
At the event, there were around five women to every man. Well-turned-out women sat around dejected, twiddling their thumbs, waiting to speak to the select few.
Sadly, it’s not an isolated example. Up and down the country, hundreds of women in their 30s and 40s within the Asian Muslim community are struggling to find a marriage partner.
Nearly all Muslim singles events are female-dominated, unless organisers artificially construct a level playing field by selling equal numbers of male and female tickets.
In the latter case, there’s always a stampede for female tickets. December’s Canary Wharf Professionals Muslim marriage event saw the female ticket quota sell out three weeks before, whereas the male ticket quota only sold out days before.
Moreover, the average age of women at such events is typically higher than men. Rooful Ali, founder of Emerald Muslim events, believes that the average age of women attending tends to be early 30s, while for men it is late 20s.
Such occurrences are symptomatic of the growing Muslim spinster crisis, which has been brewing for some time and is rooted in cultural, rather than religious, trends.
First, there has always been a tradition for British men originating from the Indian subcontinent to marry women from their country of origin. Families encourage their sons to do so for a host of reasons, including the cultural expectation that girls from “back home” will stay with and look after their in-laws.
The second trend is for Muslim men to marry “women of the book” (Christian or Jewish women), which is permissible in Islam. Men are more likely to work and socialise with British Christian women than their female Muslim counterparts, which leads to a higher chance of such marriages occurring.
Both trends lead to a shortfall of available Muslim men.
Categories: Europe, Family Corner, Family values, Human Rights, Islam, Sharia, UK, Women Rights
Sorry to repeat myself, but it seems Polygamy could be the answer.
Or does anyone have a better suggestion?
Brother Rafiq you have a point here.
Actually I am waiting for the time when Muslim ladies will start to feel sympathy for their unmarried sisters and will request their husbands to please marry one more … in order to reduce this in-balance.
Wow!
females 28 & over – Males 30 & over Muslim Marriage Event
Sunday 18th March 2012
Asalaamu Alaikum,
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