What would happen if a married christian women and a muslim man had kids? What would the kids most likely turn out to be if both parents argued they wanted the kids to share their own personal religion?
2007-04-30 08:39:18 · 30 answers · asked by Megan 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's a tough situation and needs to be decided before they get married.
-MM
2007-04-30 08:42:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
If a Muslim man marries a Christian women it is supposed to be with the knowledge that the kids will be raised Muslim. (and this is supposed to be discussed BEFORE marriage so she can decide for herself not to get married if she doesn't want to! -- Also, Muslim men aren't allowed to marry women of other faiths if they are in a non-Muslim dominant country--not that this means that it doesn't happen)
Really this shouldn't be an argument, Islam does not allow dating, courtship (seeing somebody to acertain if they have similar interersts etc is). These issues would come up before a marriage would take place. Dating, a relatively new concept, and falling in love beyond the point of using reason leads to problems like this.
Now, does this all mean they will end up Muslim? No, but I think it is more likely than them ending up Christian. Christianity rejects Islam, but Islam does not completely reject Christianity.
And THAT is a topic for another discussion, it is complex and layered.
2007-04-30 08:51:14 · answer #2 · answered by Sassafrass 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
From what I understand, to marry a Muslim you need to convert your religion. I had a Muslim girlfriend who married a Roman Catholic because she was pregnant with twins. Both religions are very strong and cannot convert. She encountered so much problems and pressure from her family members. Her family disowned her, her husband abandoned her after the twins were born. I felt so sorry for her but there is nothing I can do to help because their religions conflict. In the end the children are free to choose their own religions, they are adults now.
2007-04-30 08:56:33 · answer #3 · answered by greentea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Confused as a child, and either a confused adult or they would reject both and go for a third option.
I'm Mormon, my Dad is Church of Christ (but hasn't gone for longer than I've been alive), Mom is Methodist, and I'm the only child. Other family members are Baptist, Pentecostal, Jewish, Non-Denominational, non-church attending Christian, and probably some others in there too. I was raised Methodist, although my Dad's side of the family are all CofC and always wanted me to go with them when they were in town. As an adult I looked into various Christian faiths and decided they didn't match my beliefs, but some religion I'd never heard of did. So I investigated it, and for me it's a perfect fit. Although it has left it's mark on my relationship with my parents, Mom in particular.
2007-04-30 08:50:59 · answer #4 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is not genetic. If the parents argued about religion too much while the kids were growing up, when the kids were old enough, they would probably run off and join the Hare Krishnas or some other weird cult. Or they would become agnostics and stop practicing any religion.
2007-04-30 08:43:35 · answer #5 · answered by badkitty1969 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No one of The True Christian Faith would marry a muslim... period... that would be against The Word and Will of God...
It is possable for a non-Christian individual, married to a non-Christian, to become a Christian... but if the husband is a muslim and the wife becomes a Christian... then her life is in great danger... the quaran clearly states that all who do not submit to the law of the quaran and islam are to be killed. So if the husband is a "true" muslim he must kill his wife...
muslims believe that the quaran comes from their so-called god allah... there is only one quaran... there is only one islam... the quaran is islam and islam is the quaran... the quaran clearly states that all who do not submit to the law of the quaran and islam are to be killed... what dose that make all who follow islam, relative to the rest of the human population.... can you say... enemies.
2007-04-30 08:49:43 · answer #6 · answered by idahomike2 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure a christian woman would marry a muslim man unless she was willing to convert. BUT I can say that it's VERY difficult to have different religeous views than your spouse and it's hard for the kids as well. My husband is a steadfast self proclaimed atheist and it's very hard at times for us not to argue over the little things. He was willing however to let our children go to parochial school because of the quality of the school itself and he does go and sit with us at the church even though he doesn't believe and I don't give him a hard time about his beliefs or lack of beliefs. You just have to learn to make boundaries and leave certain topics offlimits if you want to survive long term as a family with more than one belief system.
2007-04-30 08:46:29 · answer #7 · answered by Heavenly Advocate 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anytime a Muslim man marries a Christian woman it is expained to her that the children must be raised as Muslims. If they cannot agree on that before they marry, they should either not marry or not have children.
2007-04-30 09:29:36 · answer #8 · answered by ♥ terry g ♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In America (I'm not sure on Europe)? They would have a divorce, and most likely the woman would gain custody. It'd be a fight, but he'd get custody a weekend out of a month and a few weeks a year. Nobody knows how that would turn out.
In Islamic lands? Well, she would learn her place in their society and, quite possibly, be beaten within an inch of her life (Saudi Arabia, to take one example, is an illustrious land where they can hold public debates on how to beat your wife based on Islamic law). In that case, I'd hate to be her.
2007-04-30 08:48:29 · answer #9 · answered by Innokent 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
With so much fighting between the parents over religion, it will turn the kids off and they would probably be atheist.
2007-04-30 08:45:42 · answer #10 · answered by liberty11235 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is only 3 answer to your questions.
1- never ever marry out side of your religion.
2- before any mixed marriages everything must
and should be open for discussions and, before
any one says I DO.
every thing must be dealt with understand with
and agreed with. then with blessing continue
with marriage.
3- both religion should be followed,openly, with total respect. no buts and ifs.
Now if no one does that then every one is in a very very big problem.
my friend if you have not married yet then u are lucky. there for u must talk to your partner before hand. and u both have to come to definite conclusions before getting married.
now if you are married solve everything before you bring another human being in to this world.
think very carefully before you decide anything.
because it is not just you or your partners life and future.
Islam is very brutal religion, in it females do not have any freedom or rights.
now if your husband is Radical one which he can not be otherwise he would not married to none Muslim.
So God be with u. as i said before do not bring a child in to this world until you solve everything.
2007-04-30 08:58:01 · answer #11 · answered by not fair 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋