(JP/P. J. Leo)
JAKARTA: Married couple Ari Sihasale and Nia Zulkarnaen say having different religions is something “beautiful”.
“For both of us, this difference is something beautiful,” Ari was quoted as saying by okezone.com on Friday.
The couple, who produced the movie Denias, Senandung di Atas Awan (Denias, Song Above the Cloud), say their religious differences had brought them closer to each other.
“We indeed have differences in many things, but because of that we are learning to respect each other. It is the differences that have made us mature and careful to nurture our relationship,” said the man whose real name Juharson Estrella Sihasale.
The couple married in 2004, after Nia’s first husband, the late racer Ahmad Iskandar Zulkarnaen, died in an accident in May 2002.
Nia, whose real name Vanya Zulkarnaen, said that Ari, who was born on June 19, 1970, in Papua from a Christian family, joins the fast with her during Ramadan.
“Ever since we got married, he has fasted with me every Ramadan,” said Nia. — JP
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