married to a catholic

Submitted by Jamila (Australia), Jul 30, 2007 at 05:45

Hi Zakura,

Sorry to hear your story! I too am a muslim woman married to a non-muslim who still needs to convert. In my case the conversion would only be of my family/network benefit and not for us really. Can't you talk to your fiance and try and convince him why he should do this. My husband understands that he has to do this for legal reasons as well as family reasons. Not much will change in our lifes when this happens, but the family will be much easier and communication will be much smoother. They have accepted that this is my choice, although it has taken a few years, but i am glad that they have come around in the end.

Please try to talk to him again and tell him your arguments that you love him and this is something that will make your life much easier and that nothing much will change in your relationship.

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