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I am Chrisitan and have been seeing a wonderful Muslim man for almost two years now and I am wondering if this is going to work on the long run. We have a good relationship and he adores me to no end but we are both concerned about the religious differences. We keep ignoring the issue since everything else is great but its gonna keep coming up. Any advice?

2006-08-20 16:42:13 · 8 answers · asked by kitkat 2 in Family & Relationships Singles & Dating

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What Otis said was out of context and isint really true. I am Muslim and Muslim men are allowed to marry Christian and Jewish women since we are all Abrahamic faiths.. I would say discuss it and if it works out alright go for it! My uncle (before he passed away =( ) was married to an Australian Christian even though he was a Pakistani Muslim and they loved eachother for their entire life. Consider this... if you marry a Muslim he will love you a lot and would be less likely to cheat on you or any of that crap if he sticks to the religion. Muslims have a lot of respect for Christians I would in fact be a Christian if i were not a Muslim. Just like Christianity was sent to fix up Judiasm, that is the purpose of Islam but besides a few issues it is basically no differnt it wasnt meant to be a new religion. Oh and youll have to discuss the kids issue maybe have one be Muslim the other Christian.

2006-08-20 23:39:59 · answer #1 · answered by Ahmed 2 · 2 0

I don't see why not. Everyone seems to be pesimistic about it, but I think it all depends on the couple. As long as you can accept and maybe be a part of his faith, and if he'll do the same it should be fine.
The only place I could see some sort of difficulty would be if there was ever children in your future (I don't know how serious of a relationship I'm talking about) The question comes down to "What do you teach them?" But again that falls down to you.
I was in a very steady, committed relationship very similiar to yours (christian/muslim) and we had talked about said situation. In the end we decided that they would be taught both religions, and in time we'd eventually let them decide.

Basically, every couple have differences that they have to work with. If you love him, you'll make anything work.

2006-08-20 23:54:47 · answer #2 · answered by Kella 2 · 0 0

Well, is there an issue or not? Only you can tell.

If you or he has doubts, than it's not so good. If neither of you have doubts that it will work, than it should be fine.

I had one of those in my life. I was fine with it, but he has doubts all the time. Eventually, he left because he was worried that it won't work, just for the itharfaith reason. I'm glad he did.

If you guys love each other, it should be all fine. As long as you both accept each other and give each other enough freedom to read your spiritual books and allow each other to go to the other church. You'll figure it out what tradition to have the wedding in, and whether or not to baptize your children. It really is not that hard, I think.

Good luck.

2006-08-20 23:52:53 · answer #3 · answered by Snowflake 7 · 0 0

Yes, it certainly CAN work. You just need to discuss it upfront so it's not the big elephant sitting in the room that no one talks about.

It sounds like you have a good guy and you can agree to not accept each other's beliefs as your own but you can respect each other.

Best wishes to you both!

2006-08-20 23:49:21 · answer #4 · answered by Lisa N 5 · 1 0

strictly my opinion, but Christianity and Islam don't exactly go hand in hand. In fact I pretty much think they hate Christians for no other reason than that it is not their religion. I can't see working out in the long run. In my opinion, your faith has to come first and these two faiths ain't gonna mesh. But good luck with that.

2006-08-20 23:51:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

i heard muslim men are allowed to marry christian women not vice virsa..so it could work i guess. but still it wouldnt be considered the best decidion.
what about you? being with a muslim and possibly marryin him?
when you get kids...what would they be?
he might expect you to act in a certain way and follow muslim
rules....i think you two have to talk about it.
i know you are scared but otherwise youll have uncomfortable
feeling forever

2006-08-20 23:52:55 · answer #6 · answered by happy-angel 3 · 0 1

From their own words:

Do not marry unbelieving women until they believe; a slave woman who believes is better than a free woman who does not believe, even though the latter may appear very attractive to you. Al-Qur'an: Al-Baqarah (2:221)

2006-08-21 00:02:57 · answer #7 · answered by Otis F 7 · 0 1

it doesnt matter wut religion you two are, if you love eachother than nothing should be impossible to get over

2006-08-20 23:48:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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