Cleric to UK Muslims: Don't import brides from India, Pak - UK - World - The Times of India
LONDON: A Glasgow-based Islamic scholar has told young British Muslim grooms with origins in the Indian sub-continent to marry women born in Scotland rather than "import" wives from India and Pakistan.
Parents of Asian children born and brought up in Britain prefer to "import" wives from India and Pakistan on the assumption that they are better cultured and make better wives than Asian women born and brought up with western values in Britain.
The result is that there are many young Asian women who have been 'left on the shelf' because young Asian men and their families often insist on marrying women from India and Pakistan.
The issue is evident across religions in the Asian community, but for the first time an Islamic scholar has intervened and asked Muslim grooms to pick their partners from Scotland. Shaykh Jamil, an Islamic scholar who set up a family counselling service, said: "Importing wives who can't speak English has implications for their integration with British society," he said.
LONDON: A Glasgow-based Islamic scholar has told young British Muslim grooms with origins in the Indian sub-continent to marry women born in Scotland rather than "import" wives from India and Pakistan.
Parents of Asian children born and brought up in Britain prefer to "import" wives from India and Pakistan on the assumption that they are better cultured and make better wives than Asian women born and brought up with western values in Britain.
The result is that there are many young Asian women who have been 'left on the shelf' because young Asian men and their families often insist on marrying women from India and Pakistan.
The issue is evident across religions in the Asian community, but for the first time an Islamic scholar has intervened and asked Muslim grooms to pick their partners from Scotland. Shaykh Jamil, an Islamic scholar who set up a family counselling service, said: "Importing wives who can't speak English has implications for their integration with British society," he said.