I think the arranged marriage topic is really being misunderstood by many, just thought i would put the subject line here “arrange or choice” this topic has become in such a way the most sensative subject to deal with in the islamic world today because of some people practising there own orthodox methods of getting daughters married to men they feel is a good match and enforcing these type of orthodox methods, i am not going to go into much detail but the topic of arrange marriage still have choice, and like many of u said above its about compatibility and understanding, if a marriage is arranged at a young age allow the two parties to meet when the time is right and decide if they are suited for each, let them know of each other before marriage already so the girl has and idea of the person ,,, ,,, i’ll stop here for now … wa salaams.