Is there any rule in Islam and Christian religion,what should be the religion of childrens?

Question

What should be the religion for childrens if th father is muslim and mother is christian? Is there any rules in these two religions about this?

Answer 1

The Bible says not to be yoked together with unbelievers. In other words, according to the Bible, a Christian should not marry a Muslim in the first place. However, it says to raise up children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, so according to the Bible, they should be raised Christian.

Answer 2

This is a big problem, because Islam teaches that children should be raised in their father's religion, while Christianity teaches that if either parent is a Christian, then the child should be raised as a Christian.

A Muslim child does have the choice of rejecting Islam at the age of maturity under religious law, but if that choice is not made right then, the child is presumed to be a Muslim and will suffer the full penalty for apostasy (i.e. death) if they later choose not to be Muslim.

In Christianity, on the other hand, at least for the evangelical churches, a child cannot be born a Christian - the child must make a personal choice to become a Christian. In other words, ultimately, the choice of religion is the child's, not the parents'.

If a child later rejects Christianity after formally becoming a member of that religion, the absolute worst-case scenario would be shunning (even by their family), but this is only practiced by a small minority of churches (e.g. the Amish) - normally nothing worse will happen than losing church membership.

And in some cases (e.g. the Roman Catholic or Episcopal/Anglican Churches), it's all but impossible to resign your membership voluntarily - they tend to keep the doors open 'just in case'.

All that having been said, I have heard of situations where the agreement was that the child would be raised Muslim, but at least baptized Roman Catholic. Nonetheless, there are some fundamental differences, and there is no way to resolve them without someone compromising or going against the teachings of their religion.

Answer 3

In Islam it is the parents' responsibility to bring up their children as muslims

and if they've done a good job, then the children will choose Islam as their religion of choice.

Back in the days, marriage between a Muslim man and a Christian/Jewish woman was allowed, based on the fact that they are "people of the book". But they are still expected to bring up the children as Muslims, so such marriages are complicated in the sense that it is difficult for a christian or jewish woman to bring up her children as muslims.

Answer 4

The children will follow the Muslim religion of the father---if he is a practicing Muslim. This is Muslim law. Tho, I have known the children to be raised Christian in a few cases.

Note: If you were referring to a Jewish/Christian or Muslim alliance, by Jewish law, the children are considered Jewish if the mother is a Jew.

Answer 5

In both Christianity and probably Islam (as C, I, and J are all based on almost identical history/beliefs) the religion of the mother determines the religion of the child (unless the child is properly converted at birth).

Answer 6

At least for Christianity, it is part of the ten commandments, but is again reiterated in Ephesians 6.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2"Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3"that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."[a] 4Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

Answer 7

I read the other day that Muslim men are allowed to marry Christian women, but Muslim women are not allowed to marry Christian men. Something about the man influencing the woman. Don't know , just read that.

Answer 8

Both are going to want to claim the child. I can't think of a religion that would have a rule that says, "Well, we'd rather have your child, but [other religion] is going to be better for your child, so we'll let it have him/her."
This is a question that the parents are going to have to figure out, or they can let the kid decide as he grows up.

Answer 9

The general rule is that the children follow the faith of the father because the father is head of the household. Jesus loves you.

Answer 10

Whatever they decide to raise them as. It's up to the parents. I'm sure both of them would be fighting for their own religion to be taught, but you have to come to a compromise about such things.