Anyone have or know someone with a mixed faith marriage (Islam & Christian)?

Question

What did you choose to teach the children? My SIL has been raised in both the US and Iran. Although neither practices their faith currently, I wonder how things will be when my grandchild is born.

My SIL has dual citizenship since his mother was American.

I haven't asked because I have not noticed my SIL or daughter participating in any religious beliefs. I am wondering if one of them decides the child should be raised in a religious belief, which way this might go. I see no need to make this an issues when they currently are not. I do believe many people "find" religion again just because they want their children to grow up beliving in something.

Answer 1

Me. I'm Christian. My husband is Muslim. Both of my children accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior. Basically, my husband and I don't argue about religion. I will, however, when asked, tell him about my faith. Our kids were exposed to both religions. I just had faith that they would come to follow Jesus.

Answer 2

I’m a Christian and my husband is an atheist. We actually get along very well because we treat each other’s views respectfully. I do pray for him every day but I don’t make a deal of telling him so. I can only hope that he will eventually see all the good that Christ has done in my life.

Incidentally, early on after I came back to the Lord, I was praying for my husband and the Spirit clearly told me that my husband would listen. I doubted that very much but a couple of weeks later he was in the hospital and he did listen while I told him everything that Christ has meant in my life. He hasn’t changed his views as far as I can tell, but he has been remarkably respectful of mine.

Answer 3

Yes I know many people who have been raised my parents whose fathers are muslim and mothers are christian. (In Islam women cant marry non-muslims, but men can). Technically, if the child is raised under a specific faith it should be Islam, because in all religions, its the husbands religion that is taught to the children.
But instead of asking a bunch of strangers online, why dont you ask your son and daughter?

Answer 4

I do know of several.

I know of a Christian man married a Muslim woman, their kids are being raised as Muslims Sunnis.
I know of another family. the mother was christian until she was kidnapped, and forced to marry the guy who rapped her. Now they have four girls, and they live as a Muslim family. True story. believe it.
I know of another family, the man is Muslim, his wife was christian, convert to Islam, but she refused to have any babies, because she didn't want to raise them as Muslims.
I know of many other couples, some of them live happily, while others live day by day, and aren't. The women know that they can be divorced so easy by just repeating one word three times, and she is gone, and the man can go and marry another three women at the same time. go figure!

In Islam a man can marry from any religion and the woman doesn't have to convert, but the children must be Muslims. the Muslim woman can marry only a Muslim man, if she wanted to marry a non Muslim, he must convert or they can't marry, because the kids will be raised as the father, and the Muslim want everyone to be Muslims, therefore they will not let other convert, and if they do they will kill them. They call it halal to call any Muslim who convert from Islam. the children and the grandchildren are forced to be Muslims.

Mixed marriage in my family alone, they are many, and here are some:
1) my sister married a muslim man, she was christian.
2) my brother married a Jewish girl.
3)my uncle married a Jewish woman.
4)another uncle married a muslim woman.
5)aunt married a Buddhist man, now she is too.
6)another uncle married a Buddhist woman, now he is too.
7)cousin married a muslim man, she is now one two, they have four girls, and all of them are covered up, and more religious than many that I know.
8)a second cousin to my mother is married to a jewish man, they have three boys, all jewish now.
9)my aunt married a muslim man, now they are both Christians, Catholic. They have six kids.
10) my mothers' cousin married a muslim woman, they have three kids, all Catholic.

that is just the family, not to meantion family friends.

We are a multi religious family. We believe to LIVE AND LET LIVE.

Answer 5

A friend of mine met a guy from Turkey oin the internet. They had a two year romance online, then she travelled to Turkey to meet his family and he came here to meet hers. They married. She tried to get pregnant for three years, but it didn't happen. He had gone to college in Turkey to become a civil engineer, but he needed more courses to do that work in the US, so he went back to school. As soon as he graduated, he walked out on her. You never would have guessed that he didn't love her, he was so good to her, but he only used her for his green card. I'm so glad that they didn't have a child together.

Answer 6

I know a huge amount of couples where one is a Christian and the other is a Jew. it is especially complicated if the Christian is male and the Jew is female. in Christianity the children take the father's religion, and in Judaism, they take the mother's!

Answer 7

My sister is Jewish and her husband decided he is (confused) atheist.

Mad mixture. It just brings up to many arguments. If they can come to an agreement it will be OK

Answer 8

yes i know many!! in Islam, the children should take their father's religion.

Answer 9

I'm a Christian (of sorts) and wife is Jewish.