Brilio.net - Marriage is the next stage that couples decide to love each other until death do them part. In Indonesia, quite a lot of artists have interfaith marriages. Moreover, Indonesia is known as a country with many differences in ethnicity, race and religion.
Due to differences in beliefs, their relationship is somewhat complicated. Their marriage is considered valid if it meets all the requirements determined by religion.
This of course has reaped objections from various parties. In fact, quite a few artists openly admit that they do not want to marry a partner from a different religion . They have strong reasons for their decision.
Who are the artists who refuse to marry across religions? Check out the brilio.net summary from various sources, Sunday (5/5).
1. Enzy Story.
photo: Instagram/@enzystoria
Enzy Storia shared a story about being born to parents with different beliefs. Enzy's father was a man from Poland who was Catholic, while his mother was a Muslim woman from Aceh. Unfortunately, Enzy's parents' interfaith marriage did not last long and ended in divorce.
Her parents' failure to build a household made Enzy reluctant to follow in the footsteps of interfaith marriage. Enzy doesn't even want to try to have a romantic relationship with a partner who has a different belief.
"In my family, a different religion doesn't work. So it's like I decided not to, don't try (dating) from a different religion," said Enzy, quoted from the Volix Media podcast.
2. Febby Rastanty.
photo: Instagram/@febbyrastanty
Likewise, Febby Rastanty does not want to marry someone whose beliefs are different from hers. He expressed this when talking with actors Billy Davidson and Giorgino Abraham on his personal YouTube channel which aired on September 17 2020.
It's not without reason that Febby doesn't want to have an interfaith marriage because she has experience. It turned out that both of his parents were different, so he admitted that he really understood the pros/cons that occur in marriages of different religions.
"Because I'm a child born to different parents. So I know the pros/cons and how it feels. I wouldn't make it possible for my child to feel what I felt when I was little," he explained.
3. Jessica Mila.
photo: Instagram/@jscmila
Jessica Mila grew up in a family with religious differences. His father was a Muslim, while his mother was a Christian.
The difference in beliefs between her parents apparently became a big storm in Jessica's family. This is because his parents almost divorced.
Not wanting what happened to her parents to happen again, Jessica said she only wanted to marry a partner who shared her faith.
4. Herjunot Ali.
photo: Instagram/@herjunotali.studio
Herjunot Ali or Junot seems to be very selective in choosing a life partner. One of the conditions set is to be of the same faith. Junot revealed this via Instagram Story when asked by netizens about interfaith marriages.
"Brother, I want to ask your opinion about interfaith marriages? If the girl is Muslim. Thank you, brother," asked a netizen.
"I... No! Because it's different from what I believe," said Junot.
Junot reasoned that he refused to marry between different religions, because he wanted to pray to the same God as his future soul mate. The 38 year old man also wants to be a priest for his family.
5. Michelle Ziudith.
photo: Instagram/@michelleziu
Most recently, Michelle Ziudith firmly stated that she has a firm stance on not wanting to marry a man of a different religion. This is one of the reasons why the 29 year old woman chose to break up with her boyfriend in 2017.
Michelle Ziudith has a principle of not wanting to make her partner leave their religion just because of love. It is better to end the relationship.
"Because God is one but we are the ones who don't matter. I don't want to, I don't want to make people log in or log out. I don't want to because it's a big responsibility, I don't want to take it from their family, it's just not a blessing," said Michelle Ziudith in the podcast dr. Richard Lee.