To Isis

Submitted by KarenG (United States), Dec 9, 2008 at 18:13

In the Middle East the men pay the waiting staff for any food or drink consumed

What about groceries in a grocery store in a U.S. city? And where I offer to pay? This blog talks so much about watching for Muslim men who want money from Western women and now I'm supposed to be wary if a Muslim man pays too? It's like they are damned if they do, damned if they don't around here.

2. A Muslim must not have sex before marriage. They are to save themselves for the spouse approved by their family. The Koran then dictates how often they have sex and the role of the man in sex. The woman cannot experience pleasure at all

I'm pretty sure this guy has had sex before. From what I've read about the Koran and sex in a Muslim marriage, the women's pleasure is extremely important. And my boyfriend is all about my pleasure first and foremost.

3. If the Muslim man has sex with a woman outside of marriage the woman is branded a whore

Quite frankly, I don't see what this has to do with anything, unless you are implying he wants to marry me and doesn't want anyone to think I'm a whore but how would anyone know if he and I had intercourse anyway? I'm pretty sure a divorced American woman with children is already off the list of potential wives from the perspective of a conservative Muslim man and his family...whore or not.

I'm sorry Isis, but I find nothing helpful in your comments.

I do read stuff all over the internet. But this IS the internet.

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