Marriage to Muslims

Submitted by Clemmi (United States), Aug 18, 2008 at 14:30

I'm glad for you that you love your husband and have a happy marriage. The religion itself does not encourage freedom of thought or actions. You live in Turkey, a secular country, more or less. My experience comes from a very different background than yours. I think it's a bad idea for people to marry outside their culture. Marriage is tough enough without those problems. If you are brought up to respect freedom of thought, movement, and choice, it will be very difficult for a woman to live in a Muslim culture. You have to give something up.

Enough said. My warning still stands: Don't marry a Muslim.

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