Reviews of Inter Religion Marriage

Marriage is a very important thing in everyone’s life. People have realized that a successful marriage is not dependent on factors such as same caste and religion. It is on the other hand, built on the aspects of mutual understanding and compatibility. It is how well the two understand each other's need and feel for your partner. It is not necessary that you have to belong to the same community or caste to understand your spouse better. Today, there are ample of examples when two people from totally different background and lifestyle come together and spend their entire life happy with each other, thanks to education.

Education has broadened the periphery of thinking and helped people develop analytical powers. It has not only altered their perception about life, but also about social concerns such as marriage and relationship. Inter caste and inter religion marriages serves as a beacon light for social equality. In order to break the perils of caste-system, it has becomes incumbent that there should be inter-caste marriages. Marriage is mostly dependent on true love and feeling and once this is achieved, caste and religion all becomes secondary issues.

Religious differences can bring unexpected complexities to married life. While I feel interfaith relationships should develop based on a mutual respect for religious diversity, sometimes major differences in fundamental beliefs pose difficulties in finding a common ground. Hindus carry the attitude that all religions are good, that all bring their faithful closer to God, and thus deserve respect.

An uninformed Hindu will oftentimes discover the expectation of religious conversion after years of being in a romantic relationship. Religious conversion may be a matter of just a brief ceremony, but do not underestimate this ritual as a trivial matter. Most conflicts in inter-religious marriages will surface after you have children. Faithful people from all traditions usually consider it vital that their children follow their religion.

There are several varieties of inter-religious marriages:

1. When two individuals follow different religions and are extremely fanatic in their thoughts; they consider other forms of faith as Satanism.

2. When two individuals follow different religions and one/both have less/little involvement in their religion.

3. When two individuals follow different religions and consider their religion as a core of their lives; they are also tolerant towards other religions.

An inter-religious marriage is that in which two individuals follows different faiths. Such a union is also termed as inter-faith marriage and mixed faith marriage. Take note the difference between an inter-faith marriage and intra-faith marriage. The latter is one in which both individuals follow the same religion, but belong to different sects/denominations.