Islamic culture

Love and Loving in Middle-Class Pakistan

Victor Karandashev
 

The article by Ammara Maqsood, Associate Professor in Social Anthropology at University College London, tells us the modern story of love in Pakistan and how modern urban women manage their desire for love in Pakistan. Traditional marriages in Pakistan are arranged marriages. […]

Surprising Findings on How Religions Affect the Expression of Emotions

Victor Karandashev
 

Religious teachings give their followers lessons about the world, life, the mind, emotions, and behaviors. Among other important things in human life, religions teach believers the proper ways to experience and express emotions (for a review, see Karandashev, 2021a). In another article, […]

Several Fascinating Facts about Emotional Experiences in Religious Cultures

Victor Karandashev
 

Religious cultures teach their followers about various aspects of the world and life. Religious teachings also educate people about the human mind, emotions, and behavior, among other important things in their lives. So, believers’ emotional experiences, expressions, and even their overall emotional […]

The Changing Views on Divorce in Pakistan

Victor Karandashev
 

For generations, Pakistani families and marriages have been endogamous. Their parents or other family elders arranged their children’s marriages. These were the “arranged marriages.” Currently, marriage is still a family affair in Pakistan. Despite modernization, arranged marriages are still widespread. Parents and […]

What Pakistani Women and Men Think About Divorce

Victor Karandashev
 

Some modern Pakistani women and men sometimes think about divorce, despite the culturally negative attitudes toward divorce. Traditional Pakistani family relationships and marriages have been endogamous for centuries. How does it look in Pakistan? The boys’ and girls’ marriages were all arranged […]

Cultural Views on Divorce in Pakistan

Victor Karandashev
 

For generations, traditional Pakistani family relationships and marriages have functioned as endogamous unions. The parents of the children or other family elders arranged all marriage matters for the boys and daughters. They found a prospective mate for their grown child, organized their […]

Marriages in the Pakistani Diaspora Abroad

Victor Karandashev
 

The Pakistani diaspora in other countries often has the same conservative views on marriage as Islamic culture in Pakistan. Traditional Pakistani households and family unions have formed and run as endogamous marriages for many centuries. In the arranged marriages, the children’s parents […]