Monday, November 20, 2017

What One Should Know About Muslim Matchmaking

By Henry Stone


Worldwide the Muslim community is rapidly growing. Islamic culture, beliefs and traditions have been in existence for quite some time. Muslims all over the world still hold onto their beliefs. The same norms and traditions were held by those before them and will be observed by those to come. Disagreements have been observed between the new generation and last one. But, this has not derailed them from their beliefs. One of those beliefs is Muslim matchmaking.

Identity for Muslims has really become an issue throughout the world due to terrorist activities ongoing around the world. Many of them are afraid to practice their religion in public especially in many Christian countries. What many do not understand is that Islam is much bigger than all these activities. And terror attack is not linked to Islam at all.

The Quran outlines clearly the responsibility of a Muslim. These include the four pillars of the religion which are understanding, faith, transmission, and education. The Quran should act as the main source of reference and Muslims have to remain faithful to it at all times. Islamic culture and traditions have withstood several challenges that present world presents.

Feminist critiques seem have shifted their focus toward Muslims social institutions like family and marriage. They point on the unequal role of women in these institutions and the general society at large. Westernization culture has greatly contributed to reversing the situation of women in the Muslim society. The Sharia stipulates that a woman cannot find a spouse for themselves. This is covered under the law on marriage.

Due to technology, most Muslim youngsters are distancing themselves from this practice making it not to be effective. The youth are disregarding a very important Islamic tradition which can only be understood when one focuses on what the Muslim identity is. A Muslim identity can only be viewed in terms of personal experience and association with different key elements.

Marriage to them is very significant in their life. Marriage is considered to equate to half an individual faith. For one preparing for marriage there are several guidelines to be followed. These include general codes of conduct for both women and men regarding etiquette and interaction. After marriage there also exist rules to be followed by both parties. Some of this include no flirting or physical contact between men and women.

A special appointed person oversees the adherence to the two most important rules of marriage. It should be noted that a man and woman are regarded as unrelated before they get married. Interestingly this religion does not recognize dating. Unfortunately, technology has facilitated breaching this as most spouses date on line before marriage. Online dating appears to be the main threat to this law.

Even though it has been tough upholding the rules pertaining to Muslim marriage something positive came out of this. These online platforms are now used to search for life partners as opposed to the traditional method where pictures of husbands would be brought to a woman to choose. Now they can interact with the men and know a bit about them before committing.




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