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by Abdel Fatah Fayed
In addition to rulers and emirs in the seven principalities that constitute the Emirates, businessmen have also offered tremendous support to mass weddings. The idea first seemed bizarre for the Emirate's young people but eventually acquired a high appeal among the youth. The growing acceptance of the trend is exemplified by the increase in numbers of the ceremony: this month will witness four mass wedding ceremonies in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. Last Thursday a mass wedding involving 33 couples occurred in Hatta, Dubai. The event was sponsored by Sheikh Mohammed Ben Rashed Al Maktoum, the Emirates Defense Minister and Crown Amir of Dubai. An Emirates top official, Al Gumeri, Director of the Emirates Health Services Authority and head of The Dubai Marriage Fund, said that the increasing sponsorship of these events comes in the context of the directions of the ruler of the Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nehayan. "The spread of this phenomenon is a very positive thing that indicates the popular desire to give up extravagancies in weddings and the emphasis on building a family rather than concern with appearances," Al Gumeiri added. There has been a demand by many tribal leaders throughout the seven principalities to set up a hall especially allocated for mass weddings in Abu Dhabi. In the Sharjah principality, one of the seven emirates principalities, 18 mass weddings have been conducted. |
DUBAI (Islam Online) July 8 - Mass weddings in the United Arab Emirates first started as an innovation performed by few, but the trend has now become an established practice, and support and encouragement of the state has greatly encouraged the proliferation of mass weddings. 
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