Mr Owen defended the wedding by saying it was "more scientific than most arranged marriages".
Her parents, who have subsequently died, also forced her other sisters to enter into arranged marriages, she said.
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According to some surveys, almost 92 percent of Indians between the ages of 17 and 25 approved of arranged marriages.
During the crisis the Federal Reserve and Treasury forced most of America's big independent investment banks into arranged marriages with commercial firms.
And, at least in private, these distinctions are still strong: not only a different language, but arranged marriages and strict laws of purity.
Though formal arranged marriages were banned in 1950, parents and colleagues continued well into the new century to help couples pair up (some still do).
Observers say these rules are specially designed to cut the numbers of Turks, Kurds and Somalis, some of whom come to Denmark through arranged marriages.
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Sanghera now uses her experience to campaign in British schools against arranged marriages and so-called "honor" crimes, and has set up a network for victims, called Karma Nirvana.
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While there is a long-standing tradition of arranged marriages in Asian communities that have the consent of those taking part, forced marriages can involve kidnapping and physical and mental abuse.
Three months ago while brainstorming ideas for our " Eye on India" series that showcases special programming from India we all felt we should explore the issue of arranged marriages.
No wonder younger Indians love arranged marriages, I thought.
Qatar, where the strict strand of Wahhabi Islam is predominantly observed, wants to retain a conservative Arab culture rooted in Islamic traditions where women are often veiled and arranged marriages are common.
They include such measures as limiting the influx of immigrants by arranged marriages and making more effort to integrate newcomers into Dutch society, for example by compelling them to learn the Dutch language.
They are also a risk to individual members of the locally dominant group who want to exercise their rights: for example, young women who choose not to wear headscarves or enter arranged marriages.
The Danes have introduced restrictions on arranged marriages.
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Each of these women has a story: some have been ousted by their communities because they chose love over arranged marriages, while others have been abandoned by their husbands and are now trying to raise children on their own.
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Naturally, global girls outgrow such local traditions as arranged marriages, dowry and bride price, which have not been exclusive to African tradition (see the English period drama, "Downton Abbey") but have certainly lingered longer in homes of African descent.
Focusing almost exclusively on Congo, Dahomey (Benin) and Calabar (Nigeria), we're told how these African empires were primarily polytheistic, fought and traded with one another, formed alliances, arranged marriages and, yes, took slaves among themselves as spoils of war.
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With some guests gathered on throw pillows around a low table, and others on bar stools at the kitchen counter, we talked of food and travel, photography and arranged marriages (a few glasses of wine among strangers often leads conversations in unexpected directions).
But many young European-born Muslim women are beginning to rebel against arranged and forced marriages the traditional practice of marrying a cousin from the homeland picked by their parents and they want to marry a person of their own choosing.
This week, for instance, ministers meticulously distinguished forced marriages from arranged ones, to which many young Asians consent.
Online dating hasn't really taken off in India, mainly because most marriages are arranged and there is little tradition of dating, according to Anupam Saxena, a correspondent for Medianama, which provides news and analysis on India's digital landscape.
Marriages could always be arranged, it was always a bargain, a deal.
The vast majority of marriages, even in large cosmopolitan cities, are arranged.
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