The children you may bear.

Submitted by Lynn (United States), Mar 26, 2009 at 12:04

In Islamic law the children a women bears do not belong to her but to the man. If a Islamic man tells you anything different he will be deceiving you (which is allowed in Islam). If you set up your home in another country that practices Islamic law and your marriage does not last, the man can make up lies about you in order to gain custody of the children. Your testimony is worth half so don't expect justice. If you want to leave the country, they may let you, but you will not take the children, they are the property of the man, just as you are.

You should not just think of yourself, but also any children you may have with the Muslim man. The life you choose by living in a Muslim country and marrying a Muslim man will also be your children's life.

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