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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJuan Cole: Crowd shouts “Death to Arabs” at Jewish-Muslim Wedding
By Juan Cole
An Israeli crowd gathered outside the wedding of a Muslim man and a Jewish woman in Rishon Lezion, shouting death to Arabs on Sunday. They were from the far right Lehava group, and make a specialty of harassing couples in mixed marriages. They called Maral Malka, 23, a traitor for converting to Islam and marrying Mahmoud Mansour, 26. Both hail from Jaffa. Ms. Malkas father, Yoram, opposed the marriage as well, and said that he had a problem with his new son-in-law because he is an Arab. (It is interesting that he used a racial rather than a religious epithet). Israels recently-elected president, Reuven Rivlin, denounced the protest as outrageous.
Religiously mixed marriages are not permitted in Israeli law, though they are recognized if conducted abroad and then the bride and groom return. Often couples fly to Cyprus for a marriage and honeymoon if they hail from different faiths but are Israeli citizens. An average of 20,000 Israelis get married in Cyprus every year, about 60% of them ineligible for marriage by the rabbinate. For others, going to Cyprus or the Czech Republic functions like an elopement, to avoid having to throw a huge wedding party. Some Palestinian-Israelis, one a Muslim and the other a Christian, also have to tie the knot abroad because their religious authorities wont marry them. Israeli personal status law, like that in Lebanon and Egypt, is governed by the individuals religious community.
This marriage could be conducted in Israel because Ms. Malka converted.
I remember when I was an early teen that it was still illegal for European-Americans and African-Americans to marry in Virginia.
http://www.juancole.com/2014/08/israel-muslim-wedding.html
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Juan Cole: Crowd shouts “Death to Arabs” at Jewish-Muslim Wedding (Original Post)
marmar
Aug 2014
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WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)1. Well, that's a switch.
treestar
(82,383 posts)2. Marriages not allowed under Israeli law?
That's indefensible. They keep calling it a democracy.
LuvNewcastle
(16,867 posts)3. It amazes me that people
fight so hard to live in that damned place. Seems like hell to me, but I'm not a religious fanatic.