for Lisa, and Lee

Submitted by kelly (Egypt), Mar 21, 2008 at 11:03

I'm so sorry to hear about him cheating on you Lee. However i must disagree with you about muslims. Not all muslim men are bad. Yes the Koran says they can have more than one wife, however there are restrictions, it says that they can marry a second if they can afford it, however the first wife must agree first! and he can only take a second wife if for example his first wife cannot have children. He cannot just take a second wife because he can afford it and he wants a second wife.

Secondly muslim men do not have to marry a muslim women, they respect both christians and jews and can marry a wife with these religions. Muslim women however can only marry a muslim man.

To Lisa, it sounds to me that he is very bad for you. I'm English, Christian and married to Egyptian Muslim, i live and work in Egypt, however my husband has a full residency visa for England and he remains in Egypt to be closer to his family. He doesnt mind when i drink the odd glass of wine here and there, and he is a very strict practising muslim, he understands that it is not my religion, and he has NEVER discussed with me my religion. If he has you washing etc already i definitely think these are big warning signs about what your life with him would be like! My husband happily cooks and washes, we do 50/50 of everything to make it fair. I definitely dont think he is much of a muslim if he lets girls 'sleep over' at his house, and i definitley dont think he is being loyal to you.

But please dont group all muslim men on the few bad ones which people are talking about on this site, not all of them are bad, infact most are very nice people who wouldnt dream of hurting someone for money.

I wish you good luck for your future and hope you leave him

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