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Admin wrote:That is an important and interesting subject, we'll add this to the Heritage Poll to see if there is a broad concensus on this matter.

Umed
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Thanks Admin for setting up the poll. It is very enlightening!!!

What are your opinions on sex before marriage or living together? Recently we had an Al-Waez come to our Jamatkhana who told me that following your heart isn't wrong. I also heard that there was a time when living together was allowed (though I do not know the source of this - do enlighten me). And ...

Why is marrying in church nafarmani? What does Hazar Imam say in his farmans? And if we do fall in love with a non-Ismaili, which is not even that unlikely if you are living in a country with very few Ismaili's, isn't it better to marry in for instance church, if you cannot marry in Jamatkhana? At l...

Another topic I am curious about is donating organs after you have died. When we are buried should our bodies be whole? Because isn't it written that on the Day of Judgement we shall rise. And if you think donating organs is wrong, then how can you justify letting people die or not trying to improve...

In my work I have come across certain ethical issues of which I am curious whether they are or are not allowed and why this is the case. These issues are first of all euthanasia. I live in a country where it has been recently legalised. This does not imply killing people, but peacefully ending the l...

<P>Why are you limiting marriage to non-Ismaili's to just Muslims? What about marrying Catholics, Jews or even people who do not actively adhere to any religion?</P>