In Lebanon, how to say ‘I do’ sparks fierce debate
Dona-Maria Nammour was looking for a love story. The night she met Mazen Jaber for the first time, they ended up dancing for hours.
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by bcadmin | Jun 26, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in the Middle East, Interfaith marriage, Lebanon, Maronite Church, Marriage, News | 0 |
Dona-Maria Nammour was looking for a love story. The night she met Mazen Jaber for the first time, they ended up dancing for hours.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 5, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in Asia, Hindu nationalism, India, Interfaith marriage, News | 0 |
While interfaith unions between Hindus and Muslims are rare in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP, and other Hindu nationalists have decried what they call “love jihad.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 11, 2021 | Catholic-Muslim relations, Church in Asia, Church in India, India, Interfaith marriage, lead, News, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church | 0 |
Islamic groups in India are objecting to a Catholic bishop’s claim that Muslims are targeting Christians for romance in order to convert them in a so-called “love jihad.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 24, 2021 | BJP, Catholic Church, Church in Asia, Church in India, India, Interfaith marriage, lead, News | 0 |
Granting protection to interfaith couples from harassment under Gujarat’s recent anti-conversion law, the Gujarat High Court last week said some sections of the Act will not apply to a marriage that did not involve force, fraud or allurement.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 26, 2020 | Archbishop Peter Machado, BJP, Cardinal George Alencherry, Catholic Church, Catholic-Muslim relations, Church in Asia, Hinduism, India, Interfaith marriage, Islam, Kerala, lead, News, Syro-Malabar Catholic Church | 0 |
An Indian cardinal has set up a commission to look into interfaith marriage as the issue has become a political flashpoint in the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 25, 2020 | Associated Press, BJP, Church in Asia, Hinduism, India, Interfaith marriage, News | 0 |
India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has approved legislation in the country’s most populous state that lays out a prison term of up to 10 years for anyone found guilty of using marriage to force someone to change religion.
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