im a christian, but my boyfriend is muslim. i want to understand the religion better. all i know is that they dont believe in young dating, the go to church to pray alot, there are many rules, and they wear eyeliner for some reason?? would someone please explain to me the rules and other main basics about the muslim religion??
2006-11-04 16:16:03 · 17 answers · asked by Mimi 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i just want to find out more, im not asking your opinon on my relationship!!!
2006-11-04 17:00:04 · update #1
Obviously if he's dating then he isn't a very serious Muslim. And if he's not a very serious Muslim then he may be just playing around until he decides to get serious and find a wife.
www.beconvinced.com has some good info on islam. also www.islamtoday.com is pretty good.
2006-11-04 16:33:23 · answer #1 · answered by aali_and_harith 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
1) It is not the 'young dating', it is hugging/kissing/intercourse...any contact of the sort between man & women B4 marriage, is a SIN.
2) We don't go to church. Men only obliged to pray in the mosque. Women do not have to.
3) The 'eyeliner' is nothing to do with Islam. Arabs love big eyes, the black lining makes them bigger, so women use it. As you know, Islam started in the Arab land.
4) If U marry a Muslim, U have 2 obey him (he wont tell U to kill yourself) don't let the word scare U. Do you know why divorce rates are much lower in our society than in the Western? We must tolerate our spouse, be patient, not run away and ask for a divorce when the first problem occurs. If a man tell his wife "I don't want U to work, your time with the kids is more valuable" she must obey. If you don't like it, don't marry a Muslim. Take it or leave it. I am just saying that if our religion is too much 4 U.
C this link if U like:
www.islamonline.net/English
Or type: Islamic sites in the search bar.
2006-11-05 03:48:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best thing to do is find a masjid to visit on Friday for Jummah. Congregational prayer.
Speak with the Imam on Islam, and ask him if he can refer you to a sister who can take time with you. There should be Free reading material on Islam that you can take with you.
Learn about the 5 Pillars of Islam. Read and study. Stop having sex with your boyfriend. He knows he's wrong. On second thought, you should leave him all together unless he's ready to get on track too.
The eyeliner is called Kohl, which is used as a remedy or beauty for the eyes, Muslims and Arabs have been using it for thousands of years.
2006-11-05 00:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Just reserach on the net, go to Wikipedia and type Islam, Islam says you can have love marriage but no sex before marriage or any kissing or stuff like that, if a man is Muslim and has Christian Wife then that is allowed but only if ur good christian and he is practacing Muslim, but if a woman is Muslim then the hubby has to convert to Islam , but when it comes to kids they have to be Muslims, Islam and Christianty also Judasim mirror eachother in certain ways, but Islam is peacful and very easy to understan if you put your mind to it, just look it up on the net., but by the way u aint with him cuz ur desperate and cant get ur own kind is it, and wanan be with him so u can feel different and are curious, i mean thats most of the time why people inter marry belive it or not, but if hes religious or has faith in his religion then u have to understand Islam, but if he dnt care about his relgion then it dnt matter to u.
2006-11-05 00:21:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
I'm a christian too and there are going to be alto of conflict in this relationship just to let you know they don't eat pork/believe in polygamy(having more than one wife),pray five times a day and when they read the Koran they wash their hands i think women aren't suppose to touch that but not sure,believe in Allah one God some Muslims do however read the old testaments of the bible because some of the scriptures are similar to the koran.
2006-11-05 00:23:19 · answer #5 · answered by kittywiz28 2 · 1⤊ 3⤋
ask your boyfriend. lol okay no seriously....they are not supposed to date.
he better be serious, show interest and meet his family no kidding it not considered odd to causally meet the family some practice their faith some dont. That way you will know where he stands, for more info check www.whyislam.org
the eyeliner....in the middle east the dark eyes are symbol of beauty mosty they are in the habit of putting it on just like one would put lotion on the hands.
2006-11-05 00:21:28 · answer #6 · answered by entelectual h 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Please leave him alone. I am a muslim boy. He is not supposed to date at all. People are such a dum asses that they dont understand anything. I read one answer it says muslims want to convert everyone to islam. Can i ask and that dum person there are 14 million Arab christians living in middle east and they were never forced to be muslim. Most of the americans are TV scholars.
2006-11-05 00:28:10 · answer #7 · answered by shanipost 1 · 6⤊ 2⤋
If you really want to know and you want the simplist way to understand it then take a look at the book called "The Every thing to Know About Islam" it's written by Christine Huda Dodge, or try typing the name into the web and you'll find it. It's very simple to read and understand. Try it, and good luck.
2006-11-05 00:24:27 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
If your christian I would try to convert him or leave him. If your a true believing Christian remember that the Bible teaches is not to be unequally yoked. Marriage is a commitment between two people and God. If your not thinking of marriage than your wasting your time.
2006-11-05 00:22:39 · answer #9 · answered by pressersf 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋
Read the Quran. It will shed some light for you, I am Christian and have read it myself. You will enjoy.
2006-11-05 00:20:24 · answer #10 · answered by Gynolotrimena Lubriderma-Smith 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋