Muslim Marriage Japan
Maryam married Bambang Harianto, an Indonesian worker who originally worked in one of the industries in Hamamatsu, on December 16, 2001. Five days earlier he had pronounced two sentences of shahada witnessed by the Hamamatsu recitation. Maryam's marriage with Bambang took place unique and seemed strange to most Japanese people, especially for Maryam's parents. When Bambang ventured to propose to Maryam, the prospective in-laws did not comment. Confused. Because young Japanese women usually live together before marriage (or even not married forever but live together with the same partner or change partners). Moreover, Maryam knew Bambang for less than two months. But the foundation of young Bambang was good in his faith, so even though his father-in-law was confused, the marriage was held in Bambang's hometown, Pasuruan, East Java, through the mediation of the guardian of the judge. From this blessed marriage Mary and Bambang (meanwhile) are blessed with two children,...