(Non-Muslim asking for advice, please delete if not allowed).
Hi there! I guess I should start by saying that I'm not a Muslim (raised Catholic) but one of my closest family friends is a Muslim family from Iraq (they came to the U.S. about a decade ago).
I'm getting married soon, and I want to make sure they are comfortable at the ceremony and at the reception. They will likely be the only Muslim family in attendance, among a bunch of Catholics and agnostics.
I've already ensured the menu will be halal, so they can eat everything, but I'm not sure how they will feel around people drinking alcohol. I don't personally drink, but some of my relatives do, and my fiancé wants to have champagne to toast. My initial thought was to buy non-alcoholic wine/cider, but I don't know if they would be comfortable with that. I would just ask them what they think, but I know they would tell me it's all fine, even if they might feel weird about it.
My family has known them 10+ years. To give you a sense, the parents are around 40, and they have six kids ranging in age from 18 to 2 years old, three boys, three girls. I went to a wedding of theirs's once and it was gender-segregated. They've been to non-gender segregated events with me in the past, but nothing like this!
What steps can I take to make sure they are comfortable? What do you all think about the fake alcohol idea? Thank you very much in advance!
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