To JB re marriage to muslim

Submitted by yasemin (Canada), Aug 23, 2008 at 14:57

Very sound advice. Women would do well to realise that marriage to a muslim has a totally different meaning. In Islam, marriage is just a contract. For non-muslims, marriage is more often a sacred, spiritual act. Hence their ability to walk away from a marriage without a second thought.

The biggest obstacle women face in these situations is their lack of knowledge about islam and its views on marriage, women's naivety on life in the middle east and men's views on women and on non-muslim women in particular, as well as the woman's own inability to face her pathological need to escape loneliness and to have her ego boosted in this romantic charade.

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