Sorry, I might have simplified too much and "designated" is probably the wrong english word. They wouldn't have forced him to marry a cousin, rather strongly p

Sorry, I might have simplified too much and "designated" is probably the wrong english word. They wouldn't have forced him to marry a cousin, rather strongly proposed it. Nevertheless, it was clearly expected from him, that he'd stick within this small community. So the choice left was, to do what he wanted and lose almost everything except his education, or comply. This was around 35 years ago in rural Zürich. A stronghold of religion and patriarchy you could say. Things changed a lot since then. E.G televisions aren't products of the devil himself anymore, so community members no longer have to hide them in tv-cabinets etc. I actually don't remember how they call themselves and never really cared. It was a subgroup of another subgroup, I believe.