A marriage proposal is an event where one person in a relationship asks for the other’s hand in marriage.Different religion and custom has differs ways in tackling marriage proposal. In some tribe, if a man wants to get married, and he has decided to propose to a particular woman, then he may go to her guardian on his own, or with one of his relatives such as his father or brother, or he may delegate someone else to propose marriage on his behalf. The matter is broad in scope, and prevalent customs should be followed. In some countries it is regarded as improper for the suitor to go on his own. If accepted, it marks the initiation of engagement, a mutual promise of later marriage. It often has a ritual quality.This also varies according to local customs, and what the man can afford and what preparations he has made for getting married. Some people do the proposal and the marriage contract in one sitting, and some delay the marriage contract after the engagement, and some they delay the consummation after the marriage contract.
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In relations to this, a young Iranian couple have been arrested after a marriage proposal in public that was captured on a video clip that went viral on social media. The police say the pair offended Islamic mores on public decency but were later released on bail.The video, which spread on social media shows the young man standing in a heart-shaped ring of flower petals next to colourful balloons in a shopping mall in the central Iranian city of Arak. He proposes, and after the young woman says “yes”, he slips a ring on her finger to cheers from a crowd of onlookers. The two were not identified.
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Mostafa Norouzi, deputy police chief in Arak, told the Shahrvand daily that it is unacceptable for the young “to do whatever is common in other places of the world and disregard mores, culture and religion” in Iran.The pair’s “offence is very clear and there is no need for explanation” about the reason for their arrest, Norouzi added.
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Both arrested for “marriage proposal in contradiction to islamic rituals. based on decadent Western culture,” then released on bail. Lawyer Isa Amini, head of the Tehran Bar Association, criticised the arrest and said he could not understand what the grounds were for such an action since the couple did not commit any wrongdoing.
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