Interfaith marriage

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"If you research interfaith marriage on the internet, you can find a few support groups for Muslim-Christian spouses and many more ominous warnings from non-Muslim women who left oppressive marriages to Muslim men. I came across some of the ominous stories while researching the topic. Surprisingly, I felt more confident in my own future union after reading their bitter testimonies. The women who described bad marriages also revealed the wrong reasons for entering into marriage in the first place. They fell in love with the attention the man originally showered on them or they wanted stability or meaning in their lives and saw marriage as a magic bullet. None of the non-Muslim women asked critical questions about values, family or children until it was too late."

Excerpt above from this essay http://projects.washingtonpost.com/sermons/25/

Bi-national marriages are tough. I think this woman really makes sense for anyone thinking about entering into an interfaith marriage with someone from a completely different culture.

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"If you research interfaith marriage on the internet, you can find a few support groups for Muslim-Christian spouses and many more ominous warnings from non-Muslim women who left oppressive marriages to Muslim men. I came across some of the ominous stories while researching the topic. Surprisingly, I felt more confident in my own future union after reading their bitter testimonies. The women who described bad marriages also revealed the wrong reasons for entering into marriage in the first place. They fell in love with the attention the man originally showered on them or they wanted stability or meaning in their lives and saw marriage as a magic bullet. None of the non-Muslim women asked critical questions about values, family or children until it was too late."

Excerpt above from this essay http://projects.washingtonpost.com/sermons/25/

Bi-national marriages are tough. I think this woman really makes sense for anyone thinking about entering into an interfaith marriage with someone from a completely different culture.

It was a pretty cool article! Thanks!

[jade2004 0]

i love this article...thanks for sharing...

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

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MK - as always you post a great pic. In this case a pic does say 1000 words.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

I've seen a lot of normally rational, sensible, cautious people lose all reason when they think they're in love.

It happens in all societies of course. But a romance with a person from a very different culture -- especially a non-"Western" culture -- often seems especially exciting and exotic to many Americans. This added "novelty" often distracts from the questions one should be asking oneself.

This comment in particular is very perceptive:

They fell in love with the attention the man originally showered on them or they wanted stability or meaning in their lives and saw marriage as a magic bullet.