Interfaith marriage in comparative perspective
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- DEFENCE OF THE ARTICLE ON THE LABORING CLASSES.
- I. One objection urged against us is, not that the doctrines of their article are unsound, but that now is not the time for putting them forth.
- Let it once be understood that the members of a party are to support it, whatever the measures it puts forth, and that the great mass of the individuals composing it are never to venture any suggestions on 6 Responsibility to Party.
- But there is a congregation demanding that he shall lead its devotions, waiting for him to quicken its devout feelings, and lead it into the presence of God.
- The authors know whereof they affirm; and shall abide by what they have already affirmed ; at least, until the laboring , classes themselves rise up and accuse us of misrepresenting them.
- It is not contempt for the workingman the authors have shown, but sympathy with his wrongs ; and if they have pointed out the evils of his condition, it has not been to exult over him, but to rebuke the upper classes for their injustice.
- The causes removed, which have hitherto favOred the working-man, and lessened the distance between him and the proprietor, what is to prevent the reproduction here, in their land of boasted equality, of the order of things which now exists in the old.
- This something the authors have professed to find in the abolition of hereditary property, a measure foreshadowed in the first number of this Journal, and im' plied, at least in their own mind, by almost every article they have ever written on the subject of social reform.
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Q2. What should be done if a Muslim woman seeks refuge in a non-M?
If a Muslim woman seeks refuge in a Muslim country and wishes to dissolve the marriage, her wish should be honoured and her dower should be returned to her non-Muslim husband.
Q3. Why did she have to go to the office?
I could not talk to my friends at the office, because they were Malays, The authorcould not talk to my former schoolmates, because they were all Chinese.
Q4. Why should a non-Muslim wife not keep her religion during her marriage?
If a non-Muslim wife is able to follow her religion and get rid of the pressures of her Muslim husband, why a Muslim woman should not keep her religion during her marriage with an ahl al-kitāb man.
Q5. What is the reason why the universal declaration of human rights is not provided?
In modern society in which Muslims and non-Muslims live together in fraternity as fellow citizens of the state with equal rights and responsibilities it seems fair and equitable that men and women of full age should have the right to marry and have a family without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion; and so it is provided in the universal declaration of human rights.
Q6. What does the author say about the influence of women in interreligious marriages?
This indicates that in interreligious marriages, women have a greater influence than men in deciding their children’s religion, contradicting the belief that women are weak and easily tempted” (Mulia 2009, pp. 273–274).
Q7. What does he say about the fact that Muslim women are not able to marry to men?
He further underlines that Muslim women in the West are not able to wed to Muslim men as they prefer nonMuslim girls which leads Muslim women to experience many difficulties and to live under torture.
Q8. What does Eskan say about the prohibition of marriage between Muslim women and ahl al?
She quotes Aktan that there were Muslim women who continued to live with their polytheist husbands even after the conquest of Mecca, implying that difference of religion is not an impediment to marriage (Aktan 2002, p. 295; Eskan 2007, p. 86).
Q9. What does the verse say about the wife of Pharaoh?
Another verse goes:“And God sets forth an example to those who believe, the wife of Pharaoh when she said, ‘My Lord!, built for me a house with you in the paradise and save me from Pharaoh and his evil deeds, and save me from the unjust people’.” (Taḥrīm 66/11)This suggests that a believer woman may marry to an unbeliever and follow her own religion.