The Importance Of Inter-Religious Marriage

Marriage is an ‘auspicious’ part of every human life in India. It has to be conducted eternally in the same religion. Marriage is not between a bride and bride groom but between the families. Inter-religious marriages are still considered as a sin in India. Although India has transformed into a “modern and developing country” the thinking and thoughts of the people regarding the religion and caste has not grown accordingly. Religion is of utmost importance in India and people consider it as a part of their life style. Different religions have different way of living and different cultures. So people consider that marrying women of same religion promotes their religion and their pride. Even if a family agrees upon an Inter-religious marriage,

Such situations are inevitable. It’s not always easy to think outside the box you’ve lived in since birth. Being conscious of such a possibility and having the patience to accept differences and yet love each other for who they are is crucial for success of the relationship.

Children born out of inter religious marriage

One major reason for the non-acceptance of Inter-religious marriages is that the children born out of such marriages are of mixed religion and no promotion of religion is made by the child. However there are special laws governing Inter religious marriages in India and the children born out of such marriage. Special marriage act governs such marriages. The Hindu Law says that the religion of the children born out of such depends upon the way child has been brought up as in the religion which the child had followed since birth.

OPPOSITION TO INTER RELIGIOUS

It is pretty common in the rural areas where there have been inumerous cases of honour killing. One major reason considered for honour killing is the inter-religion marriages. There are certain Panchayats in villages which administer this concept and there have been cases where certain Khap panchayats had ordered kill the families who conduct inter religious marriages. Most commonly, this is a practice followed in rural areas of Haryana where people highly consider the judgments of those khap panchayats. The point pertinent to be noted here is that the Khap Panchayats run in contravention of the provisions of the “Indian constitution”. The holding of the cases under such khap panchayats are very much against the policies and practices of Indian constitution and its