Comments on: Love online challenges Pakistan taboos

By: Akash

Akash — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:15:29 +0000

Read “Not without my Daughter” by Betty Mehmoody before you taken one more Step. You will bless me for this.

By: khomi100

khomi100 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:08:55 +0000

Kudos to young couple!

By: khomi100

khomi100 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:08:19 +0000

Kudos to young couple.

By: Muhammad Farooq

Muhammad Farooq — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 04:28:31 +0000

In my opinion, Internet is a double-edged sword; it can be beneficial and it can be harmful depending upon its use. So the brunt is on the user and not on modern communication media. Users in such a case (a chat room) are nobodies but our children. They will use internet with care and prudence if they are properly trained (by parents and teachers) or else they can be led astray. Yes we cannot stop someone from falling in love online or offline but there is more to internet than just love. Misuse of internet especially by young age boys and girls can have many negative consequences for all concerned.

It is true for the East and the West.

By: Aditya

Aditya — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 03:55:47 +0000

As long as they are happy!! who cares?

By: wahid

wahid — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:42:27 +0000

There is no problem for you to bring your love to UK as a fiancee and get married but you have to satsify the draconian British Immigration laws.You should have reasonable and adequate accommodation for two and earn at least £18600 per year.Good luck Ash.

By: Naseer

Naseer — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:51:54 +0000

If Taliban have their way, both of them will be killed in front of everyone.

By: abbastoronto

abbastoronto — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 21:26:07 +0000

Muslims forget that the marriage between UmmulMomineen Khadija and our Prophet was a love marriage. That is the only kind of marriage allowed under the Sharia.

By: Sadia Zafar

Sadia Zafar — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:32:54 +0000

While I am all for progress and egalitarian values, I certainly detest the mind set that suggests that this progress has to follow Western model. Progress for every culture and society has to take the course charted by its values, traditions and needs, otherwise its not progress its intellectual enslavement. So please take pride in our arranged marriages tradition. Remember there is a difference between arranged marriages and forced marriages. Online mate selection is no match for the wisdom and blessings of family elders.

By: s shah

s shah — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 20:21:55 +0000

My understanding is that in Wahabi thinking ( with which I do not agree) a female cannot consent to marriage but her guardian has to consent for her. Hence the opposition of Mullahs to free-will marriages. When families object to their daughter choosing her own spouse, it is due to ego and arrogance, but the ideological justification is also there in most cases.