Interesting Facts About Arrange Marriage

Assalamualaikum all.

So today, I would like to share with all of you about the interesting facts regarding arrange marriage that might be all of you not familiar with.

Irma Hasmie's Wedding. Credit to the author.

1. Arranged marriages have a lower divorce rate than love marriages. 
This is due to In 2011, the divorce rate was 3.6 divorces per 1,000 people. (Source)
2. Arranged marriages are an accepted practice in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Japan and India, Bangladesh and some Muslim/Islam countries 
- Arranged marriages have another name: Sheri and Bob Tritof also call them pragmatic marriages. (Source)

3. Exist in China and Indonesia and in cultures where Buddhism, Islam and Hinduism are the predominant religions. 
– they do not date. They may spend 15 minutes meeting each other and then wed in a few months, as reported by Del Jones in a USA Today article dated February 2006. (Source)

4. 90% of marriages in India are arranged. (Source)
This is because in India, there are too many citizens there. 

5. 60% of marriages in the world are arranged. (Source)
This is due to the fact that the number of girl are more than the number of boy in the world.

Sounds interesting right? So what is your choice? Is it arrange marriage or love marriage? See you in the next post! Bye.

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