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Interfaith Weddings
jllynch8
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Christian-Muslim Wedding
My fiance and I are trying to figure out how we can incorporate both of our religions into the wedding ceremony. Right now it's mostly a traditional christian layout with the officiant and my father giving me away. My fiance tells me that there isn't much to a Muslim ceremony, but I'd really like to incorporate his religion into the ceremony somehow too! Has anyone dealt with this or is dealing with this?
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Re: Christian-Muslim Wedding
We are also both African American and I just learned (thanks to The Knot!) about the sharing of a Kola nut, which symbolizes fertility. The nut is customarily done by African Muslims and shared among family members during the ceremony. You can keep the nut in your home as a reminder of healing for any problems that you and your spouse may face.
I hope this is helpful. Good luck!!
QUESTION: Are either of you serving alcohol at your reception? We're not planning on it, and its a little bit of an issue with my family. Just wondering if anyone is in the same boat?
[QUOTE]We are also trying to plan a Muslim-Christian wedding and from what my fiance has told me, yes, Muslim ceremonies are quite simple. But the thing that makes things really "different" is the cultural aspect of the ceremony. Where is your fiance's family from? My fiance is Bengali and Bengali Muslim weddings are different than Indonesian or Pakistani Muslim weddings, for example. So, you'll have to look at where your fiance's family is from in order to see how you can make the Muslim portion of the wedding reflect your fiance's culture. (And if your fiance is Bengali, let me know. We just got engaged a week ago and we're going to meet up with his parents to discuss stuff on Tuesday.) :)
Posted by jinjooya[/QUOTE]
I agree, I think it matters more where he is from as traditions seem to vary geographically. My FI is Muslim and from Eastern Europe and their weddings are fairly similar to ours with a few variarions.
Thanks
We are getting married in 9 days.
Thanks!
Jen
[QUOTE]Hi! I have a question to the Catholic brides: how can you marry in church with your fiance since the Catholic chucrch does not allow marriages with people of other religions? I am an Orthodox Christian, and face this issue, the church does not allow the marriage unless he converts. So what can I do??!
Posted by OanaGezim[/QUOTE]
Just letting you know that this is simply not true. A Catholic can marry anyone they'd like, of any religion, even atheists. You might be confused with the Catholic Church's rule that you may not have your wedding ceremony in another religion if you want it to be considered a valid Catholic marriage. You can only have one religious ceremony, and it needs to be Catholic and take place in a Catholic Church (in most cases).
In Afghan culture, it is customary for the bride to wear a green dress. To keep with this tradition, we will change into traditional Afghan clothing immediately following pictures after the ceremony. We will then enter into the reception in the custom Afghan fashion, perform a few Afghan dances/Islamic traditions, and eat dinner. Then, we are changing back into our American wedding attire and entering back into the reception with our wedding party to perform our first dance and start the "partying" portion of the reception. Throughout the night, we will play a wide array of music to cater to everyone's likeness.
We have decided that we are going to provide alcohol at our wedding for those guests (primarily from my side of the family) who prefer to drink. The bar will be set up in a back corner to be kept more discrete. Again, when joining together two cultures/religions, it is important to incorporate customs from both backgrounds--especially when guests are involved. Anyone who chooses to attend our wedding already knows in advance that both cultures will be represented. I think thats the beauty of it and what will make our union very special.
It is important to be respective of all of your guests and their beliefs, but also important to make sure that one side is not "out-shining" the other. At the end of the day, it is about you and your spouse to be. It is the way that you choose to spend your day and should be a reflection of the two of you as a couple. Decide what the two of you want to incorporate and what you do not. After all, this will be the first day of the rest of your lives together. Especially when coming together in an interfath, make sure its about compromise!!
[QUOTE]Hi, I am a muslim woman about to marry a great christian man. I appreciate all the information that is being shared here regarding the ceremony. As for liquor being served, I am not planning to have liquor. My family does not have an issue about it. Because my ceremony will include children I do not want anyone drinking and driving from my ceremony.
Posted by SafNAl[/QUOTE]
i thought a muslim woman could not marry anything other than a muslim man...
We would like to have something afterwards. i need suggestions please help.
All of your responses have been very helpful.
I myself, Christian and he is Muslim, our biggest issue we're having is with the reception. His family traditions normally have the reception separate. I know that will not be enjoyable for me or my family members. IDK What to do! 