Michaela's reading on the subject extends beyond that of Asil, the Muslim volunteer she's asking, who becomes flustered and eventually needs to take a few minutes alone.
Talk to mainstream media publications about Muslim dating today, and they’ll tell you that millennial Muslims—those who came of age after 9/11 and the Arab Spring—are “just like us!
” It’s fashionable to investigate the supremely awkward speed-dating scene at religious conferences.
So Allah commands the believers to marry for its benefits morally, spiritually, socially, psychologically.
The Holy Prophet (peace and blessing of Allah be on him) said: "Marriage is my precept and my practice.
The document, called When Two Faiths Meet, is the product of months of painstaking negotiations between Christian and Muslim leaders and emphasises the need for tolerance and acceptance of mixed-faith marriages.
Among the recommendations are speaking out against forced conversions, recognising the legality of inter-faith marriages in British law, non-judgemental pastoral care and a complete rejection of any violence."It might sound a little like we are stating the obvious but it does need to be said," Sheikh Ibrahim told The Independent.
If the popularity of Hana Assafiri's Speed Date a Muslim event is anything to go by, these thoughts are rattling around the minds of many Australians.
Once a fortnight, Assafiri's Brunswick cafe Moroccan Deli-cacy plays host to a group of Muslim women who answer questions that punters might otherwise be too afraid to ask. More than 800 registered for the last event.'We all need to interrogate the assumptions we carry,' says Assafiri.'It is as much us as Muslim women reaffirming our speaking position as it is expressing who we are to an audience that respectfully wants to hear outside and beyond the stereotype that they understand.'During the Sunday afternoon sessions, Assafiri flits between tables, helping conversation along and throwing in prompts for questions.'It's not a one-sided conversation; these events become avenues of engagement and cohesion,' she says.'Experiences like this also serve to teach us about ourselves and one-another.
Marriage structures the basic unit of human society and lays the foundation of the family.
Healthy families are required for the cohesive preservation of the human race.