Re: [nukkad] Characteristics

["Rohit Mansukhlal" <>]

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On 3/20/08, Mean Drake  wrote:
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> Rules/custom will be made to survive as long as possible by those who get
> empowered by the presence of rules. This in my opinion applies right from
> Global to Family level.
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   This brings to memory another old custom, of Indian social origin being
practised in Oman
   until very recently, say 15 years ago when it was banned by the force of
law. Omanis like
   us Indians used to give to and take dowry from the bride's father, a
practice at variance with
   Islamic code set for Muslim's nikah ( wedding ). According to Islamic
tenets, girl's father
   receives a prefixed sum, Meher, for giving away his daughter, which is
exactly the opposite
   of dowry. When the formal announcement to ban dowry was made some years
ago, that
   age old practice was dubbed pre-Islamic, pagan and anti-Islamic. It was
clear to just
   everybody that they had ' Hindu custom ' prevalent among many Omanis in
mind but
   the wording fell short of mentioning it !! Perhaps India's ancient ties,
perhaps presence of
   several hundered thousand Indians on their soil, whatever may be the
reason ................

   Rohit Zaveri

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