Tuesday, May 25, 2004

India: Modern love versus old taboo

From The BBC

After a nine-year secret romance Ujjala and Asad have finally wed.
But they - and both their families - are paying a very high price for their marriage because she is a Hindu and he is a Muslim.


So what's the problem?

Asad's family are devout Muslims and would never accept Ujjala unless she converted.

Yeah, Islam, the religion of tolerance and peace eh?

Caption under the picture of her conversion says it all:

Ujjala wept throughout her conversion to Islam

Who can blame her?

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