European Gori and American-born Paki Advice....

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Re: European Gori and American-born Paki Advice…

@MissTY

Yup thats right. Muslim men can marry christian or Jewish women but muslim women cannot do the same. for a religion that boasts equality, I find it one of the most hypocritical ideologies known to mankind.

1. Islam *does *preach equality between man and woman, but does not hold them to be identical. Both are very different.

2. A Muslim man cannot marry any random Christan/Jewish women - they have to be chaste (“Lawful unto you in marriage… are… chaste women among the People of the Book, revealed before your time…” - Quran 5:5).

3. An excellent link highlighing some reasons why a marriage between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim man may not be successful: LINK

A quick excerpt:

The non-Muslim husband would naturally not recognize Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to be a prophet of Allah (swt) and might object to the Islamic practices of his wife. He could object to the hijab which the wife would wear. He could want the wife to dress more ‘moderately’ especially when accompanying him to a party. Moreover he could ask the wife to sit with him while he consumes alcohol. The husband could want the wife to serve alcohol for him and a couple of friends after dinner… Moreover the husband could want to eat pork for lunch or dinner and could ask the wife to cook it for him… It could be okay for the husband to keep a pet dog inside the house. This is another thing which is not allowed by Islam but the non-Muslim husband might not understand it… It is also important to point out that the non-Muslim man could later on… compel the Muslim woman to accept the faith he follows. On the other hand, a Muslim man respects the People of the Book and is under strict instructions from Allah (swt) not to compel his wife to change her faith.

Hence the rights of a non-Muslim wife are secure and protected in the house of a Muslim man whereas it is not necessarily the same in a vice versa situation.

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