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St Francis Magazine Vol 8, No 4 | August 2012 Imran male married Christian after conversion Khadija female married Muslim before conversion Khadim male married Christian after conversion Mazhar male married Christian after conversion Mona female husband converted first, then she did Mubashir male married Muslim before conversion Mahmood male married Christian after conversion Munir male not married (till time of interview) Mushtaq male married Muslim before conversion Nabila female married Muslim before conversion Nasim male married Muslim after conversion Nazir male married Muslim before conversion Parveen female already divorced before conversion Pervaiz male married Muslim after conversion Qasim male already divorced before conversion Riffat female husband converted first, then she did Ruhama female married Christian after conversion Sajaad male married Muslim before conversion Salma female married Christian after conversion Shabbir male married Muslim after conversion Shafiq male not married (till time of interview) Yusuf male married Muslim after conversion Table 1. Marital circumstances of interviewees St Francis Magazine is a publication of Interserve and Arab Vision 548
St Francis Magazine Vol 8, No 4 | August 2012 It is tempting to provide an additional column showing the outcomes to these marriages: no change, divorce or the spouse’s conversion. However, such a bald summary would be misleading. It would mask the individual factors, marriage stresses, compromises and breakthroughs which continued to evolve in these marriages from their inception up till the interviews and indeed since then. Moreover, my sample is not necessarily representative, so any generalizing conclusions should be made with caution and explanation. For now, in a preliminary and provisional way, for each identity level I will present just one sample issue, set against a little relevant theory from the social sciences, and illustrated with a few selective quotes from my data. 6 Marriage’s Impact at each Level of Identity 6.1 Impact of marriage on converts’ core identit My chosen identity issue here is of a spouse’s contribution to “reality maintenance”. 6.1.1 Relevant social science theory We saw earlier that core identity describes a person’s individual sense of self, and that this is moulded by one’s interaction with “significant others” in infancy and childhood. By the stage of reaching adulthood a psychologically healthy individual will have achieved a fairly stable core worldview. However this still needs constant topping up (so to speak) through the “reality maintenance” provided by an environment which endorses those worldview assumptions. “Religiously legitimated” societies do this by reinforcing a monolithic worldview, as Peter Berger writes. 88 It is to a great degree in this manner that traditional Islamic societies maintain their members in Islam. 88 Peter Berger, The Sacred Canopy: Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion. (New York: Doubleday, 1967). St Francis Magazine is a publication of Interserve and Arab Vision 549
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