• SPECIAL DEBATE: Love vs Faith
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  • It began with a letter to the editor from Norlinda, If you love your partner, you'll convert, who wrote in reply to InChi to Mal-In-Chi's Intermarriages and societal change.

    What follows was a month-long debate among malaysiakini readers on the issues which are close to everybody's heart - love, marriage and faith. The following are a selection of their letters:

    • Inter-religious marriages - enough is enough
    • Not what you believe, but how you behave
    • Some religions and marriages do mix
    • Religion and marriage don�t mix
    • Love conquers all!
    • Let�s not be emotional in judging others
    • A 16-year-old�s view of mixed marriages
    • Selective references to the Holy Book
    • All marriages are made in heaven
    • Please don�t equate godless with evil
    • A case of stigmatising freethinkers
    • Something is terribly wrong with our religions
    • We will be better off when we realise...
    • The other extreme of hypocrisy
    • Those who refuse to convert are selfish lot
    • About Shakespeare's cautionary tale on love
    • Try to be sensitive to those in love
    • Life is a jihad, including marriage
    • Arafat�s wife was not asked to convert
    • Don�t expect a Bangsa Malaysia in 2020
    • Going into reverse gear on Bangsa Malaysia
    • Inter-religious marriages - deal with reality
    • On love and religion
    • God did not intend for races to mix?
    • M�sian Muslims should see other viewpoints
    • Don�t forced others to convert because of love
    • Inter-religious marriages: Sacrifice your love
    • Forget about creating a Bangsa Malaysia
    • How can one convert for the sake of love?
    • Sure ticket to long-lasting marriage
    • The hypocrites among us
    • A Pakistani Muslim and a M�sian Christian
    • Love is blind but...
    • The religion of love
    • If you love your partner, you�ll convert
    • Intermarriages and societal change
    • Fall in love with a Muslim? Be warned
    • Toddler caught in another conversion case
    • Muslims shouldn�t fall in love with non-believers
    • Wrong to impose religious values on others
    • Religion a different issue from culture
    • A Finnish parallel for the M'sian question
    • We�re M'sians, so why the discrimination?
    • Have compassion for those on receiving end
    • Fall in love with a Muslim? Be warned
    • Toddler caught in another conversion case