Assalamualaikum

Hello everybody. We are from group afasna, combination of our members’ name. Afaf, Asnita and Diana. We want to apologize for the late update of this blog and to give the description for our DST Project. We have chosen to present about mixed marriage issues in Malaysia. Why do we choose this topic? In our opinion this topic is related to our life.

                Firstly we collect all data regarding mixed marriage in Malaysia. There we draw the statistic of mixed marriage in Malaysia. Based on the statistic, we found that a lot of Malaysians are involved in mixed marriage. There are not only for commoner but it applies to famous celebrities too. Why do you think this phenomenon happen? There are three types of mixed marriage that were studied. First off, marriage between two people of different races. For example marriage of Chinese woman to Indian man. Second type is marriage between two people from different nation. For example Malaysian marriage to American people. Lastly is marriage between people of different religions. For example Hindu marriage to a person who is a Buddhist.

                Mixed marriage has its positive and negative effects. On the positive side, they learn about theirs partner’s race and culture. Apart from that, mixed marriage helps to spread religion. There is source that stated offspring from a mixed marriage inherit good genes. Through studies, it was proven that these offspring possess good health. Mixed marriage’s generation do not has racial attributes as they were exposed to different cultures, more open-minded and respect other cultures. Last but not least, unity and harmony between races in this country can be manifested.

                Every affair has its pro and cons. There are also negative effects from mixed marriage. The first effect, religion’s belief becomes unsteady due to the exposure to foreign culture. Second effect is communication problem between partners and partners’ families. Other than that, when a mother or father apostate, it will give effect to their children should a custody battle happen. Spouse tends to bear enormous commitment to other half who embraced Islam. From here we can see, mixed marriage indeed renders positive and negative effects nevertheless it is up to partner themselves. If there is tolerance between each other and sense of responsibility then the marriage castle built can be preserved.

                We hope the issue we bring up in this project can be treated as useful information to fellow friends. We from the asfana group would like to hear comment from our comrades on mixed marriage. You can share your own experience you knew about this issue. We highlighted this issue because it is close to the community and it is happening around us. (ASNITA)