is it true that most of the time arab/middle eastern man will have to marry an arab lady as their first wife.. for those muslims guys the 1st wife is always arab den the 2nd wife will be indonesian or chinese or another race? and i knew someone she is an indonesian and married a dubai man . yes she wear all the branded clothes/ wealthy in terms of money but it seems that her husband does not want to be seen with her being the fact that she is non middle eastern. and treated like a second class citizen..
so tell me is it true ?? any thoughts? correct me if im wrong . i'm open to all answers
2006-11-11 04:33:01 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Marriage & Divorce
my husband is from morocco and he is a Muslim. his first wife was catholic and she was from Ohio, i am christian and from Wisconsin. not sure about other Muslims but from what he has told me i don't think this is true.
2006-11-11 04:37:49 · answer #1 · answered by Btieti 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Much like the way a Jew has to marry another Jew is sticking with tradition, culture and religion. So, if a Muslim were to marry a non-Muslim, they would expect or hope that the other person would convert, so the children can have one religion.
Being an Arab, on the other hand side (much like being Kurdish, Scottish, Iroquis, Tutsi, Penguin or Zebra) does not bring with it any specific expectations of only marrying within your own. There is no cultural or family-dictated convention of this nature, ethnicity does not bring rules with it like a religion does, but:
You know what mothers are like.
2006-11-11 05:10:57 · answer #2 · answered by Wise Kai 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you've already has the best answers. But I just want to jump to your second question that "she wear all the branded...... whatever". I think it's related with their custom and tradition and not related with religion. He give everything branded/wealthy because his husband love her and resposible to pleased her as his wife. That's great and all husbands should do like that too if they could. Don't be jealous with her with said she is a second class and be covered from others. No classes in Muslims, just unluckiness because of poverty. And as Brothers/Sisters we have to help them.
So what do you think?
2006-11-11 12:41:52 · answer #3 · answered by eddy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am from Qatar in the middle east. genraly men will marry the women of their families choice as thier first wife. this is the woman that will give him his children, most importantly his eldest son and his heir. if a man chooses to marry a second woman he dose may chose to marry an asian or european. these women will not be treated badly by him, they are basicaly "kept" women. hope this helps.
2006-11-11 08:39:29 · answer #4 · answered by Maya's_Mama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is not necassary for middle eastern men to marry an arab as first wife nor a far eastern girl is a must as second wife. this is not at all a norm in middle east.
2006-11-11 04:47:18 · answer #5 · answered by crime_branch28 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.. IN principle not at all; I am married to an Arab, Muslim and I am catholic, french and we never, ever had any problem with religion, even when he had children. Problems are only in some people's mind...or may be in some old traditions ...
2006-11-11 08:44:22 · answer #6 · answered by aline b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think Muslim men prefer to marry within their faith ...it's easier. i dated a Arabic man and I'm European. he treated me like a queen - i have never had a man treat me better than he did. unfortunately Islam was a difficult hurdle to overcome
2006-11-11 08:22:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
RUBBISH, maybe you should come out to the gulf and see for yourself, this is an ignorant person telling you this.
2006-11-11 06:07:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋