How prosperity fuels dowry demand in India
bbc.com By Soutik Biswas India correspondent As education and job opportunities for men in India have improved over the decades, the prevalence of dowry has increased, a new study has […]
‘True Love’ and the ‘Perfect’ Life Partner…?
A Special Interview with the Worldwide Head of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community by Amer Safir, London, UK (The Review of Religions, April 2020) For some, it happens in college or […]
Back bill to ban marriage for under-18 in England and Wales, MPs urged
Hannah Summers The UK is undermining its international efforts to end child marriage because an exception to the law in England and Wales that allows 16 and 17-year-olds to marry […]
‘True Love’ and the ‘Perfect’ Life Partner
A SPECIAL INTERVIEW WITH THE WORLDWIDE HEAD OF THE AHMADIYYA MUSLIM COMMUNITY Source: Review of Religions By Amer Safir, London, UK For some, it happens in college or university. For […]
She Thought She’d Married a Rich Chinese Farmer. She Hadn’t.
Salman Masood and Amy Qin ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Rabia Kanwal’s parents were sure her marriage to a wealthy Chinese Muslim she had just met would give her a […]
MPs want to tackle forced marriage by raising the legal age you can wed – here’s why it won’t work
Collectively, all European countries need to tackle the issue of violence against girls and women and develop support for those at risk Rabina Khan While MPs debate whether to raise […]
BBC: ‘Muslims don’t date, we marry’
Source: BBC By Sarah Finley Shahzad Younas came up with the idea for Muzmatch while working in the banking sector. The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles about […]
TAMA’S TALES: Me and my mum
JUN 15, 2017 – Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland – to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. Tama’s mum, who was a structural draughtswoman back home in Colombo, found a job as a cleaner in Switzerland. She has given up on attempts to arrange a marriage for her daughter. […]
Couple who met on Blind Date and married in front of Cilla Black still together 22 years later
14 MAY 2015 BY LIAM GERAGHTY The couple appeared on the show 22 years ago and married in Barbados with Cilla as the guest of honour Couple who met on blind date are still together A loved-up couple who fell for each other on Blind Date have spoken of how […]
Marriage of Muslims in America
By Shahid Athar Saturday, 15 March 2014 Both the parents and the boy should remember that the criterion for choosing a spouse that was placed by the Prophet Muhammad was not wealth or color The marriage of Muslim girls in America is becoming a problem. Recently, a […]
New Muslims: Marry a Born-Muslim or Revert?
By Sadaf Farooqi Freelance Writer- Pakistan Monday, 12 August 2013 onislam.net Born Muslims did not strive hard and swim against a social tide to become Muslim against all glaring odds. […]
Court Documents Detail a Deadly Family Feud From Brooklyn to Pakistan
Source: NY Times. By MOSI SECRET She fled her husband and her family, sneaking out of her home in Pakistan to take sanctuary in the American Embassy, which then whisked her to a secret hide-out in the United States. The thrilling escape seemed to end the harrowing ordeal of Amina […]