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What do you think about interracial relationship - love and dating and marriage?
What are the advantages and disadvantages in an interracial relationship and marriage? How do different cultures affect parenting and raising a family? How about having in-laws of different culture?
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i think there shouldnt be dating be4 marrige....
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i think it shouldn't be treated any differently than marry some one of your own race. its really not a big deal.i think the advantages are that the children(and parents too for that matter) would be exposed to more culutre, you pretty much garunteed to have kids that arn't racist. disadvantages, you might disagree on some ethics, religon type stuff or w/e, but usually you can over come that with a compromise.
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I believe God made many people of many backgrounds and races. He loves all the people and I'm sure he smiles on all marriages. I don't believe people of the same sex should marry for fear of losing their eternal souls. For the best harmony one should try to marry someone of the same race.
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I personally think that inter-racial relationships can be truly beautiful. This is mainly due to being able to embrace the different cultures that exist and have a create a new understanding and perception of life etc..
With that said, it is probably not the race that is the main feature, but the culture. Although this could be a very benefitial thing for you and your partner, it has the potential to raise some problems. For instance, your two cultures may be perhaps quite different and will therfore risk the possibility of clashing and causing un-wanted conflict between the two of you. This of course would entirely depend on the amount of differation between your cultures.
Raising a family would, in my opinion, not be a problem. As long as you remember to pay attention to eachothers' cultures and traditions, your kids will be able to balance themselves between them.
If the difference between the cultures is very dramatic, you need to ask yourself and also your partner how serious you are about being with each other and what you can do to make the relationship work. If you really do love each other, this issue will become less problematique as you will be able to find the passion and dedication to continue your relationsihp and make it work for the best.
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Dating is forbidding in Islam for good reasons. Marriage should be to a muslim. It is also permitted for a man to marry a woman of the book(a jew or a christian), though not recommended. Children should be raised as muslims.
If the marriage is halal, then there could be many advantages of interracial marriages. The main one I can think of is that it can help end racism? Create less prejudice?
Culture can also get in the way of religion so if someone is in an interracial marriage, they won't necessarily be so cultural due to conflict between the two? It could also be the opposite. They might be keen on their different cultural views, disagree on many issues, there could be a language barriers so children will probably only learn one language if their are more than two mothertongues between the parents(if that makes sense!), it could be challenging.
Nearly all of my "cousins" and young family that are married, married outside of their respective culture. They dont endure any hardships really but because they put religion before everything. Islam comes way before culture. Any cultural traditions that go against Islam are not enforced.
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It has the potential to be the most challenging or yet the most rewarding experience.You can learn allot and grow as a couple,introducing each other to various view points and ways of life.Race is not important in marriage but religion surely is.Religion is by far the most important factor in choosing a spouse,since spiritual harmony carries through the entire spectrum of married life,lifestyle,and family values.
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I think it's really sweet. I always say "AW! Look at the interracial couple!" It's adorable. I think of how 30-40 years ago they couldn't be together. We've come a long way yet we still have a long way to go. I am a lot of different backgrounds. I am Puerto Rican, German, Irish, French, Italian and Mohawk Indian. I am proud of each and every one!
