Re: I'm a catholic guy and in love with a muslim girl
I regret posting this message. I was hoping for guidance, but the uderlying tones, and blatantly offensive remarks of some posters are making me realize the closemindedness that is brought on by religion.
Iussi, that was completely innapropriate. I have made no offenses to Islam and certainly not to you.
Zeher, are you saying that the love of a girl should prompt my conversion and not my love for God? You say that religion is a 'simple thing'? Are you saying the my religion is such a simple thing, or that yours is? Think before you type, and think before you press the 'post reply' button, for everyones sake, including yours.
Gravity_kills, if it is in your opinion, then so be it. But, could someone prove to my without a shadow of a doubt that God truly means that a muslim woman can not marry a man 'of the book'? I understand that Muslims believe the Koran should not be interpreted as it is the final word of God, but read what it has to say about my situation in the context of when it was written. The reasoning behind it is because the man of the house has say in what religion his children and wife are. That was ages ago. Times are different. I am proof that women have at least a say in what religion the children and they themselves are. I am catholic because of my mother (my father is methodist). My mother is catholic because of her mother (my grandpa was baptist). This holds true in almost every couple I know of interfaith marraiges, a mutual understanding of one another. Relationships are based on mutual understanding and mutual agreements. If any of you are dictators in your marraiges and the reasoning behind this very old law holds true for you, then I am very sorry for you spouses. Women are no longer docile creatures without brains and rights to opinions. This may have been the 'case' when the Koran was written, but wise up. This notion is cultural and time dated. Not biological and inborn.
And to set some of you straight...I do not fast because I am confused, and she does not go to mass with me because she is confused either. I have not converted and she does not pray to Christ. We are being respectful of each other and taking part in one anothers lives. A Nikkah would not be for show, it would be for our marraige and for us. She is a Muslim, not a Kaarif. I am Catholic, not a heathen. I do not and will not find anyting in Islam offensive. I find it to be a beautiful religion, just as I do mine. If obeyed and followed correctly, both are religions of love, compassion and forgiveness. It saddens me, however, seeing so called 'followers' of both Christianity and Islam being so hypocritical and closeminded. I would like to say so much more, but I'm afraid it will only get me into trouble. I only have the best intentions: I love this woman with all my heart. I know that posting on this forum will not help me in any way, and that it may even make things harder for me, seeing as how our love for each other is cause for negative reactions in even a small online muslim community. I just hope things work out for us and I wish the world was more supportive of such a rare thing as love.