To R

Submitted by Louise (European Union), Dec 29, 2007 at 18:51

It's against Islam and against the law for muslims who live in middle eastern countries to "date", this means they cannot date each other and muslim men cannot date european women, you have to get married. There is a contract you can get in Egypt called an Orfi, this means that you are legally married in egypt, but not anywhere else in the world. Basically muslims are not supposed to have sex before marriage, if you stayed in a flat with this guy then he could end up doing 6 months in prison.

If you are going to get involved with this guy then I wold strongly suggest that you read anything that you can about the Islamic religion, even if you are not going to convert you need to read up on it, it will help a lot to understand the actions and the thoughts of this guy, you have to realise that it quite an oppressive religion towards women.

As for your guy being genuine, only you can tell that, just dont give him a penny of your money! i would say that 8 out 10 are on a scam with western women a lot of egyptian men "groom" their western wives, at first they wont ask you for anything then when you trust them the lies start in order to get cash. saying that though, my husband has never asked me for a penny and he works hard to provide for me ... there are a few good ones!

Can i just say though, if you a lot older than this guy then dont bother, those relationships are purely business.

Good luck!

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