Moroccan Citizenship

[nejma 3]

If you're a woman, it doesn't matter if youre Muslim or not, you just have to be a person of the book- Christian or Jew. Why not just have a certified imam at the mosque marry you and then skip the courthouse ?

True. I'm Catholic and had no problems marrying at the Mosque. It was a very easy process. Our Imam was very helpful. Also you can just do what Kenza said and just have the mosque marriage be your legal marriage. It'll be a little nicer than the courthouse

Edited April 20, 2011 by nejma

[kristen_maroc 126]

Honestly, if I didn't care what my family thought, I'd do that. I think it would be pretty awesome, actually. I know, I'm in my late 20s and shouldn't care what my parents think, but I want them to have a positive relationship with us. For some reason, if I told them that we would get married at a courthouse, and go to the mosque for documents, I think they would find that more acceptable than if our eloping happened at a mosque.

*sigh*

Now I really kind of want to do this. Maybe I will make my fiance email our local mosque in the States (I'm still in Morocco until July) and see what they say about weddings in a mosque-- what is required, etc.

I really hate that we can't just do what we want and that we have to take other people's sensibilities into consideration. Particularly my parents'. UGH. I love them, I respect them, and I want the first few months of us in the US near them to go well with as little contention as possible.

Wow. Now I really kind of want to do this. At the mosque. Hmm... maybe I will test the waters...

Have any of you done this in the US? What is it typically like? Should I stop hijacking this thread and start a new one?

[nejma 3]

Honestly, if I didn't care what my family thought, I'd do that. I think it would be pretty awesome, actually. I know, I'm in my late 20s and shouldn't care what my parents think, but I want them to have a positive relationship with us. For some reason, if I told them that we would get married at a courthouse, and go to the mosque for documents, I think they would find that more acceptable than if our eloping happened at a mosque.

*sigh*

Now I really kind of want to do this. Maybe I will make my fiance email our local mosque in the States (I'm still in Morocco until July) and see what they say about weddings in a mosque-- what is required, etc.

I really hate that we can't just do what we want and that we have to take other people's sensibilities into consideration. Particularly my parents'. UGH. I love them, I respect them, and I want the first few months of us in the US near them to go well with as little contention as possible.

Wow. Now I really kind of want to do this. At the mosque. Hmm... maybe I will test the waters...

Have any of you done this in the US? What is it typically like? Should I stop hijacking this thread and start a new one?

How was the Mosque marriage? It was pretty simple for me. I was actually the one who contacted the Imam - a friend of mine referred him to me. My hubby had tried another Mosque and got the runaround plus they wanted like over $200 to do it. So I contacted this Imam via email and it was that easy. He didn't charge us either. We drove out to the Mosque which was in the burbs and BEAUTIFUL! We just gave him our info - name and address etc to put on the certificate. I represented myself since I was not Muslim (otherwise my dad's name would have had to been on the certificate). We didn't bring witnesses so he grabbed a couple of witnesses into his office, and then he performed the marriage in Arab-ish (Arabic and English)

I found it was easier to deal with the bigger Mosque than the smaller ones. The one where we got married had a huge community presence and had many outreach and enrichment programs - for Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

[msheesha 548]

Honestly, if I didn't care what my family thought, I'd do that. I think it would be pretty awesome, actually. I know, I'm in my late 20s and shouldn't care what my parents think, but I want them to have a positive relationship with us. For some reason, if I told them that we would get married at a courthouse, and go to the mosque for documents, I think they would find that more acceptable than if our eloping happened at a mosque.

*sigh*

Now I really kind of want to do this. Maybe I will make my fiance email our local mosque in the States (I'm still in Morocco until July) and see what they say about weddings in a mosque-- what is required, etc.

I really hate that we can't just do what we want and that we have to take other people's sensibilities into consideration. Particularly my parents'. UGH. I love them, I respect them, and I want the first few months of us in the US near them to go well with as little contention as possible.

Wow. Now I really kind of want to do this. At the mosque. Hmm... maybe I will test the waters...

Have any of you done this in the US? What is it typically like? Should I stop hijacking this thread and start a new one?

Sounds like you're the one putting restrictions on yourself. My theory is you only live and hopefully marry once. The people you are worrying about pleasing already had their wedding and got to choose their wedding venue, etc, so why allow them to choose again for you? Your life, your marriage, your wedding day. No?

[nejma 3]

Sounds like you're the one putting restrictions on yourself. My theory is you only live and hopefully marry once. The people you are worrying about pleasing already had their wedding and got to choose their wedding venue, etc, so why allow them to choose again for you? Your life, your marriage, your wedding day. No?

And you're going to face MANY other decisions and choices with your new marriage that your family will not agree with so better to start off now doing things the way YOU want to do them.

[Staashi 371]

Yeah, get hitched over there and your parents can throw you a reception with all their friends back home.

[Kenza 1]

My mom had a wedding here and in morocco. I had a wedding in morocco only. You don't have to have it at the mosque, you can just have the imam come to any venue you'd like to have your wedding at