Flattery and trickery

Submitted by Rebecca Moulds (United States), Jan 15, 2009 at 00:30

There have been several Muslim men interested in me throughout the years, some wishing to marry me, others just interested in relationships. I was even approached by a Saudi family lawyer to come to Mecca! When I said to him, "How can I? As a non-Muslim, I can't enter your country." He told me never mind, he would "get me in."

It was all very flattering indeed, however, the warning light came on in my head and that was enough to decline all offers marriage and relationships. I have read many true stories of Western women getting entangled in relationships with Muslim men, marrying them, then regretting it once they were back in their husbands' countries. It's true, they go through a transformation on the way to their country, and change back to their real selves. Believe me, it isn't worth the consequences of such an arrangement and any non-Muslim woman contemplating marriage to a Muslim man had better think twice.

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