Finally

Submitted by Sue (South Africa), Oct 5, 2007 at 04:08

Thank you for your article. I am very much in love with my musilm husband and hate to read negative stuff about marriage to muslims. Yes, bad stuff happens. But why does the bad stuff get all the publicity?! Its frustrating! I guess those who are happy are to busy living to tell the story, and that's a shame.

I met my husband online, and at the time I had no intention of becoming a muslim. I was not coerced into becoming one, nor did I convert out of fear of losing him in any way. But now that I have, yes, it is a whole different ball game and yes there are things I need to adjust to, as he does, and as anyone does who marries into a different culture. You see religion and culture are intermingled. BUT so long as the two directly involved parties are fine and happy, why should the rest of the world try to "Cure" them of this happiness? I'd love to hear more about SUCCESSFUL marriages. And don't tell me there isn't more info on that online because they don't exist. That's just not true. The truth is bad news travels faster, negativity is like a magnet, and when it comes to Islam there are powers that be that would fall over themselves to use every single tool at their disposal to discredit it and its men. Men are men whatever country they live in, whatever faith they have. Spousal abuse is NOT an islamic thing, its a HUMAN thing and it happens in every single culture. Its not about gullible women being swept off their feet and shrouded in black! People fall in love, people find true love, get married and are happy. Happy people are too busy to go out there and "tell their story" and THAT is a shame. So I'm telling mine. I love my Mohammed, and I pray Allah keep us always close and always in love. Insh'Allah and Ameen.

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