To anonymous xyz: Devout Muslim

Submitted by American married to Muslim (United States), Jun 8, 2009 at 10:58

Submitted by anonymous xyz, Jun 7, 2009 02:52

It's online, nothing physical. He wants me to go see him and marry him either there or here. I have been talking to him for a little while and I know he is a good person.

All I want to know is what everyday life is like with a devout Muslim, but I guess no one here knows that answer to that.

My husband's father would be considered a Devout Muslim man but is Moroccan, not sure if other cultures of Berber, Egyptians, etc are any different but from what little I have been around the father (he has always been very repectful of me and seems to love me ) he is mostly away from the family dinners secluded into his own room or chambers studying the Quran always or praying....Ate with the family including me a couple times. but mostly does not join his family....I would have to go with mom to look for him. I know he is a hard man in raising the children and youngest boy is 17 and he was always hard with my husband who is 33. My husband has told me many times his dad is too hard and uncaring of his own children including both wifes he has. He also feels the father loves the daughters more than his sons....My husband has also told me that his father taking two wives was a selfish act on his part that he treats neither wifes good or buys them things other than the necessities of life....Never does anything with them. My husband and I took mom on beach rides while I was there cause he never takes her anywhere..I think he doesn't sleep with them as well. The wives have to live in separate homes. Both wives have married children. He does divide his time between other kids homes with other wife there...Both wives seem very caring and is ok with one another but have their share of family bickering and jealousies. I know she told me she requested her husband to re-marry the first wife after he had divorced her and she had small children, but he lived with mom and raised her kids full time.....Im not sure how a devout Muslim lives or if this case is isolated.....Being a Devout he was ok taking two wifes and I would think believing 100% in Quaran, one will feel this is ok to do...I would make sure he knew my feelings towards more than one wife...my husband did say this was his dad's personality even growing up so it could be an isolated case.

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