Protect arranged marriages

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Muslim leaders have given warning against “malicious” intervention by third parties into legitimate arranged marriages.

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has welcomed plans to allow third parties to take legal steps to protect young people from being forced to marry a person. But it has urged the Government to ensure that cultural norms are safeguarded. Those given the new powers should receive training, the council said.

Muslims and other minority groups in Britain with a tradition of arranged marriage say that the issue is not one of faith, but of culture. Arranged marriages have long been practised in the East and among many religious groups, including some Orthodox Jews. The wide variety of practice ranges from introductions offered by relatives or others in the community to a mutually agreed union between strangers, sometimes from different countries. Forced marriage has totally different connotations.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/f...icle3129374.ece

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They've passed actual legislation in Germany about this very same thing. That government has concerns due to it's large Turkish-based population.

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But it has urged the Government to ensure that cultural norms are safeguarded.

beheading and honor killings next to be protected?

Edited January 6, 2008 by charlesandnessa

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But it has urged the Government to ensure that cultural norms are safeguarded.

beheading and honor killings next to be protected?

Arranged marriages in the US are already protected. Orthodox Jewish communities have been practicing it for generations and no one so much as bats an eyelid at it.

The crux of the issue is whether there is consent involved or not. When an arranged marriage is not consented by both parties, it is and should be illegal. Where consent exists, the practice is already protected in the United States.

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I can not even imagine not having the right to choose my own wife.