Are women who marry Muslim men forced to convert to Islam?

Question

Are they weak minded? Don't misunderstand me! Muslim women I know are good people. I treasure there friendship!
However my husband is Muslim, at first relgion was not problem. Now the subject cannot be brought up without an arguement. I believe its going to end our marriage! The more he talks about me converting to Islam, the more it makes me want to be a better, stronger Christian!!

Answer 1

Of course they are! Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) owned and traded slaves. He commanded that women and children be taken as slaves in battle, and allowed them to be raped after capture. His followers continued the practice for centuries until it was forced to an end in most regions by European armies.

Unfortunately, slavery still persists in dark corners of the Muslim world today, such as Niger, the Sudan, and Mauritania. And, most tellingly, none of the articles by contemporary Muslim apologists (giving their religion retroactive credit for abolition) even bother to address the subject of modern slavery, much less condemn it.

Just like their slave-owning predecessors, today's Muslims are too preoccupied with the promotion of their magnificent religion to be concerned about the plight of slaves - or anyone else suffering under Islamic rule.

Answer 2

If you are christain your husband is wrong here he has no right to force you, cuz Islam allows a man to marry a believer woman (believer means a woman who believe in any Holy Book like christains belive in Bible not Quran) so u could mary a christain or jew etc; However a muslim man cant mary a non beliver woman like Hindus who dont belive in any book, or people who dont believe in any God. Tell your husband to refresh his Knowledge. A muslim woman on the other hand can mary a muslim man only not even to a beliver of the book hope u got...

Now i would suggest u not to talk about religious issues to ur hubby and same time he cant force u to change ur religion as Islam dont accept this, One thing I m sure if a husband is true practising muslim its very very difficult for a wife to resist her from accepting Islam cuz i no Islam has its own attraction so v dont need to force any one, Truth makes its way itself; these are very few people who call themselves muslim and dont even understands the basics of Islam, an Irony the Islam is facing.

May i conclude here that if u are a non beliving woman, than this marriage is void in Islam and he will be supposed a sinful to be with you, just like any other non marital affair........and if u r a beliving woman(one who believe in any of the Holy Books) your husband cant force u and this marriage is perfect and I wish lot of happiness and Understanding for you both.

Answer 3

I believe it is a mistake to marry a person of another religion, but it is workable.

The children in Muslim families are meant to take their father's religion (especially the male children). In a Muslim country, he as the man and as the Muslim would have automatic custody.

The woman can remain Christian. Yasser Arafat's wife was Christian, but she didn't talk about things like the Crucifixion or Easter that went against Muslim teachings.

I would advise my children not to marry Muslims (and especially daughters).

Answer 4

In my general opinion I would say yes, although "forced" maybe is not the right word, it's more of a natural thing you are expected to do in Islam. Having said this, I'm a bit amazed at the contradictory answers you get from Muslims themselves.
This forcing thing you should have known in advance, before you got married, also the fact that your children are supposed to become Muslims also. This is general knowledge.
As long as you live in a Western country your civil rights are guaranteed, for he cannot force you to do anything you don't want to.

Answer 5

cos in this day and age the marraige is not recognised. a muslim can only marry another muslim in the eyes of islam.
Technically he is commiting adultery

there are verses in the quraan where it talks about marrying christians but the idea of that was cos the muslims where at war with some other countries and many christian women at the time were widowed and unable to look after themselves so that is no longer recognised.

Answer 6

Islam differentiate between the non-Muslims from people of the book (Jews and Christians) and other non-Muslims. This because people of the book are more closer to believe in the oneness of God than other religions, since ther origins are believer in only ONE GOD "Allah".

Muslims men are allowed to marry or keep as a wife in case of converted to Islam a non-Muslim woman only if she is either Jews or Christians only.

Second thing, there is nothing called in Islam forced conversion to Islam.

All of this are clearly stated in Qurran.

If he is a real Muslim he will try to convert you but he will not force you.

Answer 7

Most muslim men are taught that if they marry out side their faith. Their spouse must be made to convert to Islam. Other wise you will be always looked upon as a Christian infidel. And won't be accepted by many of his Muslim friends. Oh, they might be polite to you, but their going to put the presure on him. I 'm really surprised that he did not try to get you to covert before you got married. If you look in to that relgion you will find that you just became his property. (or in his mind you did) and now he expects you to change to his ways. I'm willing to bet, that sooner or later he's going to really push you to convert. It will be a life changing point for you. Be sure you think it through and make the right choice. In reality you should not have to choose. He should respect your relgion as much as you respect his. That in its self should be enough. Sadly with his teachings it won't be.......Good luck and God bless

Answer 8

Assallam-o-Allaikum:

Peace and Blessings be upon Prophet Mohammad and on Prophet Jesus (Islamic Name Issa) and on Prophet John the Baptist (Islamic Name Yahya) and upon "ALL" of the Prophets.

The Quran is very clear that "There is no Compulsion in Religion", (see 1 below)so, If your Husband is "Forcing" you to convert then he is acting against this injunction of the Quran.

Furhermore, the Quran instructs Muslims to engage in a Dialogue with non-Muslims with "Wisdom and Beautiful Preaching"(see 2 below), and if your Husband is talking "down" to you or is being "Argumentative" then he is flouting this instruction of the Quran as well.

Also, one of Prophet Mohammad's wife was Maria who was a Coptic Christian, and there is no evidence in history to suggest that he ever forced her to convert.

Another verse of the Quran ordains Muslims to take a middle course in the conduct of their affairs stating that "Have we to-day made you (O! Belivers) into a People of Englightened Moderates"(see 3 below) - So, how can your husband claim to be following this verse of the Quran if he is being heavy handed with you and "forcing" you to convert.

Any Conversion that is effected by Force is not only "Null and Void" but is "Illogical" as well, because the one who is Forced will automatically revert back to their own faith once the Force is removed.

One of the practices to be followed by a Person administering the "Two Shahdahs" to a new Muslim is first to ask the new person if they are doing so of their own Free Will, and if there is any doubt about this free choice then he should NOT administer the Two Shahdahs.

It could be that the husband in your case is acting out of "Cultural Preassures" rather than acting on Islamic knowledge.

let us Pray not only for your Husband but for ALL Muslims who seek to put preassure on non-Muslims that May God guide them and all of us that we become Ambassadors of "Good Will" for Islam rather than acting in a way that causes distresses to God's Creatures - Amen!!!

Answer 9

There is no greater freedom in life other than having Jesus as our Lord. As christian women we are called to submit to our husbands but our first commandment is to love our God. Something must have gone wrong in your relationship or with him that he now wants to control you in this way. When someone has to control someone else it's a good indication that their life is slipping out of their control. Submission does not mean accepting treatment as a doormat either. The one thing you can do in this situation is pray and read your bible. Peter speaks about marriage in the bible on several occasions and so does Paul. But the most important thing is to pray for your husband God can do so much more than we can. My marriage to an unbeliever is living proof.
There is one book I can suggest to you "The Power of a Praying Wife" by Stormy O'Martian. This is a brilliant book and should answer lots of your questions. But first and foremost pray and get peace.

Answer 10

No they're not forced to convert. Its not recommended and actually discouraged in the holy book, several times for muslims to marry someone from another faith, no matter how much they have in common or like each other. It be comes a major issue later on especially when rasing children comes into the picture.

No forced conversions. Hope this helped.