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Marriage in Islam

Thomas Mooren

 

Abstract:

A time of inter-religious dialogue—and that is all too often forgotten, is necessarily also a time of inter-religious marriages. Too little is known about the marriage customs and theologies of the “Other”—until it is too late and disappointment and profound irritation about the Other's ways of acting and thinking in this matter take place. Thus, inter-religious marriage needs inter-religious dialogue. The following is a small step in this direction