Whom they marry may be influenced by gender, socially determined rules of incest, pre***********ive marriage rules, parental choice and individual desire. ] The definition of marriage varies around the world, not only between cultures and between religions, but also throughout the history of any given culture and religion. Xxnx Criminals, alcoholics, and persons disproportionate in size should not marry. Religious marriage is known variously as sacramental marriage in Catholicism, nikah in Islam, nissuin in Judaism, and various other names in other faith traditions, each with their own constraints as to what constitutes, and who can enter into, a valid religious marriage. Conversely, civil marriage does not exist in some countries governed by a religious legal system, such as Saudi Arabia, where marriages contracted abroad might not be recognized if they were contracted contrary to Saudi interpretations of Islamic religious law.
