Can a Sayyed woman marry a non-Sayyed man? What about marriage between Shia and Sunni Muslims? And how much of what we regard as “religious” is actually inherited culture?

In this episode of RAYHAN Reflections, Dr Sayyed Rehan Naqvi reflects on attitudes towards Sayyed and non-Sayyed marriage, the objections some families have to Shia-Sunni marriage, and the uncomfortable assumptions about lineage, sexuality, family honour, and social status that can lie beneath these objections.

The discussion asks a simple but important question: when Islam permits a marriage, on what basis do families and communities create additional barriers?

RAYHAN Reflections is a series of direct reflections on faith, ideas, society, and contemporary Muslim life.

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