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Submitted by hisham zein (Egypt), Dec 23, 2008 at 18:54

No ... parents opinions in the middle east are not a law ... this is not true ... does he seem to have tribal attitude ...tribal communities and closed cocieties in some parts of the middle east do this ...they want the son to marry within the family ..or within the tribe ...

he is 100% free to decide his own future ... no family restrictions ...BUT ..they may talk him into why marrying a woman with a kid ...and this issue you should discuss with him before seeing his folks .

as for that guy at that moslim chatroom ...forget what he told you ...moslims are divided into 2 parts one that follows scholars dated 1300 years back and part that work hard to remove the dark view covering the religion and work hard to tell people that what religious clerks used to say long ago is not a quran to follow ..what they say is very much questionable ...we are a minority but we gain land every day .

ask him if he is sunni or shiite moslim because i know lebanon got some shiite in its moslim population ...if he is a shiite .....close the page and burn the whole book .

dont jump to conclusions please ....first and most importantly is for both of you to be sure of your love ...

i would like to assure you again that moslim foreign marriages do succeed and i know many of happy successful marriages of that kind

good luck

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