Can a hindu guy marry a sikh female?.....hindus don't really care  coz i m a hindu and i know....we are willing to accept differences.....tell me a sikh's point of view?....how will sikh families react?? is it a big big deal???.....coz i think there is not a lot of difference between the two religions....i go to gurudwara and i know sikhs who go to temple.......whats worse a sikh girl marring a muslim guy or marring a hindu guy...which is more acceptable in india and U.S.??
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Sikhism rejects all distinctions of religion,caste, creed, race or sex.here are the testimonies from Shri Guru Granth Sahib.\n\n"Of all the religions, the best religion is to repeat God's Name and to do pious deeds. Of all the religious rites, the best rite is to remove the filth of evil intellect by association with the saints." (Guru Arjan Dev, Ashtpadi, pg. 266) \n\n\n\n"All are created from the seed of God. There is the same clay in the whole world, the potter (God) makes many kinds of pots." (Guru Amar Das, Bhairo) \n\n"Recognise the light (of God) and do not ask for the caste, There is no caste in the next world." (Guru Nanak, Asa) \n\nso a true sikh won't ever object to intercaste marriages.infact i have seen many intercaste marriages in my community and nobody objected to them.\n\nBhagat Kabir,a brahmin by birth,has his hymns incorporated into Shri Guru Granth Sahib.similarly namdev,ravidas sheikh farid,surdas and many other saints of various faiths have their hymns incorporated into Shri Guru Granth Sahib.\nsikhism is a progressive religion and preaches a message of devotion,equality of mankind and denounces superstitions and blind rituals.so a true sikh should not bother whether the guy or girl is a muslim or hindu and by and large,they don't bother these days.
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What difference does it make?  Does it impact his relationship to you?  No...so you are just being nosey.  Many people view their religion as a personal experience and have no desire to share it with others.  Respect his privacy.
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If you are a true muslim then help clear the misunderstandings! Do something for you community if it hurts you so much to see whats going around! I am an indian hindu woman and just a few days back in our country, in varanasi, their was a bomb blast in a Hindu temple! Lots of people died and many were injured! This thing could have taken an ugly turn but fortunately a very famous muslim musician of our country stood up for his community and publicly criticised the terrorist who had commited the crime! He accepted the fact that due to a few muslim terrorists the whole community is suffering! He even said that he wont play his instrument(shehanai) to grieve for this incident! He organised blood donation camps , where muslims donated blood for hindu people! now this is the way to show the world that all is not lost yet! Misconceptions created by a few people, wether they are muslims or not, can be cleared by responsible citizens like us who care not for religion but for humanity which is the biggest religion of all!
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN HINDUS AS IN RELIGION OR DO YOU MEAN INDIANS IN INDIA, BECAUSE SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE SEEN QUESTIONS PERTAINING  TO INDIA REFERED TO AS HINDUS, WELL ADVANCEMENT IN HINDU RELIGION AS IMPROVED OVER THE YEARS NO MORE CHILD MARRIAGES, NO MORE COMPULSARY DOWREY, NO MORE SATI THAT IS BRIDE JUMPING INTO A FUNERAL PYRE, WIDOWS CAN REMARRY IN FACT THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT ADVANCEMENT,THERE IS NO UNTOUCHABILITY WHICH WAS RAMPANT IN EARLIER TIMES,BUT  EVEN WITH ALL THIS FAMILIES VALUES AND RESPECT FOR MOTHERHOOD HAS NOT CHANGED, AS FOR INDIANS IN HISTORY ,SOME OF THE MOST BRILLIANT SCIENTIEST ARE INDIANS,  DOCTORS BUSINESMEN, TEACHERS IN  IT INDUSTRY WE CAN COMPETE WITH THE BEST,WE HAVE A  FAST GROWTH RATE , ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME WE WILL BE THE BEST, AFTER BILL GATES COME STEEL INDUSTRIALIST MITTAL, THE LIST CAN GO ON AN ON
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you are welcome.\n\nyou will not have problem in getting in temples in india. many westerner come and visit them. hindu or non hindu . many just visit them out of curiocity.\n\n  you will have no problem in entering or praying. though they may not  assume that you are hindu just because you enter a temple. foriegners are easily identified and most of them are non hindu people. many will think it is some christian tourist enjoying local tradition in a curious way. but it does not matter. nobody will bug you either for it. \n\ni know from personal experience that manali, varanasi and rishikesh has hundreds of foreigners every year. brindawan attracts them too. i am sure it is the case also in other such places. and they are admitted in the temples freely.\n\njust be carefull. do not try to go any place secluded. it will be better if you have some company and not alone. \n\n many forigners especially white people come india with not so religious purpose. often they come to get easy drugs.\ncriminals are always lerking for easy targets on the other hand. so look out that you do not to fall in bad company; indian or western.\n\n\nbut i think i should explain the word malechcha a bit. for others have given a bit wrong information regarding it:\n\nmalechcha word was used for mostlly for greek and muslim invaders. but basically for non indian invaders.\n\nit does not mean untouchable but dirty.\n\n but before muslims or those greeks jump in let me explain. hindus were neatness freaks. they would not enter the kitchen without taking a bath first. everytime they need to use a toilet they would get a proper bath. and so on... . brahman went on this neatness stupidity to such an extent it started to affect countries progress. india was the first country which started the surgery. india was the country that stopped it because this study needed study of dead bodies. you need to be educated properly and properly educated means brahman. those brahman who studied dead bodies were looked down by other (nutcases) brahmans as dirty and slwoly people in this field reduced entering this field blocking the progress in medical science. \n\n  more outside attacks led them to more clinging to their habits and maintaing them on a higher degree as a defence mechanism.\n\n  hindu have been attacked for thousands of years and almost continuously. greeks, shaka, yu chees, chinese, ... and  for more than 1200 years by muslims. continuous attacks led to deterioration of the country and its culture. they had nothing else to cling to for survival so they tried to retain as much as they could of their beliefs and habits. and turning stubbern. off course this was the time when bhakti of rama and krishna got popular again indtead of formless god. as an unseen god did not inspire much. but that is another story.\n\n i blame brahmans for cast system, and their stubbernness in not letting any one convert to hinduism for a long time. but it is also true that they got the most burn from islam and other attakers. they came in front as the saviours of old culture as it was. got hanged or put to death otherwise regularly. but maintained it somehow. the rigidness saved hinduism from being anhilited totally.\n\ni wrote all that off topic details to explain the concept of cleanliness in those peoples minds.\n\nnow the invaders hardly practiced all such habits. many came from colder/water scarce climates and really did not think that taking bath at least once daily is necessarry. they did not follow concept of hygene according to hindus in kitchen or otherwise. most of the the foreign migrants did not belonged to educated or cultured class of the country of their origin. that did not help in improving their image as savages. in most western countries people do not mind eating in a same plate. and other things which indians really did not find hygenic.\n\nso the term malechcha came up to refer them.\n\ni have been called malechcha by my mother sometimes as a kid for not taking
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well i am hindu. so i am always free to change my view.\n\n i worship god in abstract form and also believe in his so many other symbolic forms. a hindu never feels 100% out of place in any kind of relegious place or ceremony. so i can live with that. it will be only one of my beliefs cancelled.:)
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Here are several sites on both sides of the issue.\nI will let you do the rest of your homework yourself.\n\nFAVOR\nhttp://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_marr.htm\n\nhttp://hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Center&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=63&ContentID=17353\n\nhttp://www.now.org/issues/lgbi/marr-rep.html\n\nAGAINST\nhttp://www.nogaymarriage.com/\n\nhttp://www.afa.net/family/
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Consider your choices: One of you have to convert to the other religion or see if there are any civil ceremonies instead of a religious one.\n\nGood luck, congrats
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It does not make sense for a Muslim to marry a Christian or for a christian to marry a Muslim unless they weren't really serious about their  religion.  I am Catholic and I feel very strongly about my ideals.  There is no way I would marry a Muslim because as it says in one of the gospels, we would be "unevenly yoked" and arguing about religion all the time.  I mean, what would we teach our kids?  Both religions?  And which one would I tell him is the truth?  Mine or his father's.  It is better to find someone who feels the same way you do on matters that are close to your heart so you can work as a team.
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What a great question!!!!! Thanks for asking. This is really neat.\n\nI'm a practicing Hindu.\n\nMy second-favorite religion would probably be Jainism. It stresses Ahimsa..nonviolence...of which I am a big fan of this sacred principal (practiced in Hinduism and Buddhism, too, but not to the degree of Jainism). I find myself very fascinated with so many of the teachings of Jainism and many of the similar practices between Hinduism and Jainism, and yet their differences...especially theologically.\n\nNow, just in case you are one of those folks that considers Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism to all be part of the "Hindu" branch....then just in case, my answer would then be the religion of Baha'i (it's technically Abrahamic since it comes from Babism which comes from Islam which comes from Christianity which comes from Judaism...long strand there!). The Baha'i religion is very tolerant, very respectful of other religions (just as Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Taoism are). The Baha'is teachings are somewhat similar to Hinduism is some areas, but follow a more Abrahamic traditional approach. While their houses of worship are very different from Hindu worship and even Christianity's worship, it is still great. It is sort of like Unitarian-Universalism where there is a reading, some discussion, maybe some songs, etc. \n\nMy third would be Unitarian-Universalism....assuming you consider it a seperate religion....some consider it a denomination of Christianity. Mainly because of their tolerant views and their focus, not on a creed or religion, but on the inherent worth and dignity of every human being.
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If you think your religious differences might be handled and you will be able to respect eachothers beliefs while you are together, you should be with him. Religious differences are often too important for a relatioship to  work, but if you are able to do it, don't let religion ruin the love of your life. And about your parents, I know it is hard, but you can not live your live always as your parents would like you to live it. If you are ready to marry, you are also ready to make decissions without your parents aproval. Be strong and defend what you decide. They will probably understand it with time, and if not, the problem will be theirs, not yours.\nGOOD LUCK
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Only after Birth (well, just a few prayers) Marriage and Death.  Those are the big three.  My brother in law is Sikh and we do party quite a bit though for no damn reason.
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Religion is personal. As long as you are open minded and don't  disrespect each others faiths, it shouldn't be a problem.
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GOOD IDEA.\nWE ARE THE LARGEST USERS OF YAHOO.\n\nONCE I TOO THOUGHT THE WAY YOU DID.\n\nONE INDIAN GIRL TOLD IN YAHOO THAT HIS HUSBAND IS A HEART PATIENT AND HE IS NOT FIT FOR MARRIAGE LIFE.\n\nONE FOREIGNER REPLIED.."GET THE FUCKING MACHINE..OR TELL YOUR ID?"\nIT MAY NOT BE A WRONG ANSWER TO HIM.\nBUT THE GIRL MIGHT SHOCKED.\nIF WE HAVE A SEPERATE CATAGORY FOR INDIAN FAMILY AFFAIRS, THAT WILL BE MORE USEFUL.
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I think we should not worry too much.  See what insulting questions are being hurled at christians and muslims...that way we are not being insulted that much.\n\nMoreover we should not feelt hurt.  A man will present what he has.  Hinduism is such great that it is not affected by any insults.\n\nThat z why we dont have the concept of blasphemy...semetic religions have because they know their base is weak.\n\nThe best way is that we hindus should try our best to reply answers honestly and not be worried about some idiots jumping in and writing non-sense.. give them a smile !\n\nI am doing my job sincerely to remove myths abt hinduism and tell others about the greatness of our philosophy. And I am more than satisfied, if one person accepts it against 90% idiots making mockery
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First, I am Catholic and married to a Muslim. Orthodox (or Sunni) Muslims believe that men are the spiritual and literal head of the household. If a man, then, is a Christian or Jew, then, supposedly, even if his wife is Muslim, she would need to follow him in his religion. Covering is debated among Muslims themselves, though the Qu'ran does tell women to "draw their veil across their bosom". Modesty is the key, but like all religions, people interpret things a particular way. If you read the Qu'ran, you will find that Mohammed (the Muslim prophet), only required his wives be veiled, but traditional customs are an ingrained part of the religion and women want to imitate the early followers of their prophet. Orthodox Islam only allows women to head prayers of all women and if a prayer group is mixed, women line up in the back behind the men (this happens in American mosques also). Islam has a term (which I can't remember), for interpreting religion on your own, and it is highly discouraged. Innovation is looked on with suspicion and change is slow in coming. If Sudan has Islamic law, or sharia, then they may very well try him as an aspostate and execute him. Islam is very strict about a Muslim's involvement with non-Muslims (called kafirs, or unbelievers) so marriage to them, though allowed between a Muslim man and women of "the book" (Jews and Christians), the same is not true for women.
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A religious Jewish man can't marry a non-Jewish woman because in their faith, thereligion of the children is the religion of the mother.  If you want to marry this guy, you need to convert to his faith.  My suggestion is to not do it because women are not treated equally in some Jewish sects.