INDIA: MUSLIM COUPLE MARRY BY MOBILE PHONE AS BRIDEGROOM UNABLE TO GET TO HIS BRIDE BECAUSE OF TORRENTIAL RAINS

Record ID: 1374197

  • Title: INDIA: MUSLIM COUPLE MARRY BY MOBILE PHONE AS BRIDEGROOM UNABLE TO GET TO HIS BRIDE BECAUSE OF TORRENTIAL RAINS
  • Date: 28th July 2005
  • Summary: (L!2) RAIPUR, INDIA (JULY 28, 2005) (ANI) VARIOUS OF WEDDING GUESTS SITTING VARIOUS OF BAAQAR ABBAS, THE GROOM, GETTING READY/ BEING DECORATED WITH WEDDING TURBAN AND HEAD GEAR CLOSE OF GROOM AND THE WITNESSES SIGNING DOCUMENTS CLOSE OF THE PRIEST RINGING THE BRIDE WITH A CELL PHONE PAN OF THE GROOM SITTING VARIOUS OF THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY USING THE CELL PHONE CLOSE OF MOBILE PHONE VARIOUS OF CEREMONY SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) MAULANA ASGAR MEHDI, A MUSLIM PRIEST, SAYING: "We solemnised the marriage only after getting all the details verified with the bride. This sort of marriage is accepted in Islam and this is not the first time such a wedding has taken place." VARIOUS OF THE GROOM BEING CONGRATULATED SCU (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) BAAQAR ABBAS, BRIDEGROOM, SAYING: "Yes, I am missing her very much. I really wanted her to be here and had a lot of expectations. But unfortunately, she is not here and I am eager to meet her." CLOSE OF THE GROOM TALKING TO HIS BRIDE WITH THE CELL PHONE
  • Embargoed: 27th August 2005 14:24
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  • Location: RAIPUR, CHHATTISGARH, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Topics: Legal System,Communications,Human Interest / Brights / Odd News,Religion,Technology
  • Reuters ID: LVABSDP51PJ6HK9856JZJ1LP7IFH
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  • Story Text: Indian Muslim couple says, "I do" over the telephone.
    An Indian Muslim couple exchanged wedding vows over cellular phones after the bridegroom could not make it to the marriage ceremony because of torrential rains in western India.
    The innovative marriage was solemnised by a chief priest on Thursday (July 28) after Baaqar Abbas, the groom in central Raipur could not reach his bride in Bombay, which had been cut of from the nation for nearly two days.
    Witnesses on both sides kept their phones on speaker mode to ensure all relatives heard the bride and groom's assent in the 30-minute ceremony.
    The priest said that Islamic Sharia laws recognised the exchange of marriage vows over the telephone.
    "We solemnised the marriage only after getting all the details verified with bride. This sort of marriage is accepted in Islam and this is not the first time such a wedding has taken place," said Maulana Asgar Mehdi, a Muslim priest.
    Abbas, said that he was missing his bride.
    "Yes, I am missing her very much. I really wanted her to be here and had a lot of expectations. But unfortunately, she is not here and I am eager to meet her,"
    he said.
    More than 500 people have been killed by floods and landslides in western India and thousands remained stuck in Bombay, following the worst ever monsoon rains in the region.
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