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Your Daily Muslim: Meryem Dursun

Your Daily Muslim: Meryem Dursun

Arranged marriages are rather commonplace in Islamic communities. Often, families work out agreements for their children to marry one another, and before you know it, the parents are grandparents. However, not all arranged marriages are agreeable to all parties involved (see Shamim Akhtar.) The story of Turkish Muslim Meryem Dursun is one such tragic example. […]