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April 17, 2007
Taslima Supports Inter-religion Marriage

Bhopal
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen has supported the controversial marriage of a Sindhi girl to a Muslim boy that evoked protests from radical Hindu organizations here.

Nasreen said she regretted the hue and cry over the wedding of Sindhi girl Priyanka Wadhwani with Muslim boy Mohammed Omer after he converted to Hinduism on April 5.

"Every individual should have complete freedom of choice. Each and every person has the right to choose his or her life partner, so where is the room for any objection?" she asked Monday.

Her defence of inter-religion marriages comes even as the Majlis-e-Shura of the Masjid Committee here appealed to Muslim men to marry within the community.

"Muslim youth should marry within the community as far as possible or at least keep away from those inter-religious marriages that may cause embarrassment," said Masjid Committee secretary Syed Wasimuddin.

The marriage has also irked the Sindhi community, which accused Muslim youth of luring their girls. Several Hindu organizations joined the melee, demanding Omer's arrest and the girl's return to her parents.

However, the Bombay High Court has upheld the marriage and asked the Madhya Pradesh administration and the state police to provide security to the couple. 

IANS | April 17, 2007

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