I have had personal experience with the muslim religion

Submitted by Sally (Australia), Sep 13, 2006 at 22:10

Dear Lorraine,

The reason why your man probably has no problem with your religion is because you are a woman of "the book" meaning you believe in one god and you are either Christian or Jewish.

I am happy to hear that he has applied for VISA on his own as this rules out one reason for him wanting to be with you.

If you read my comments to other women on this site you will find that i have personal experience with the muslim religion as i was married to a lebanese muslim.

I do know a lot about the religion and culture. You can ask me anything you like and i'm happy to answer your queries as i would like to help other women as much as possible to get a better understanding of the religion and culture.

My ex has always dated christian women mainly because it is difficult for them to court a muslim lady. The reason it can be difficult is because they have to have someone with them at all times and the couple cannot be left alone also, the courting cannot last long and the most i have heard courting to be would be 1 year and couples are usally married within 6 months.

My ex's mother always preferred her lebanese daughter in-law over myself. This was visiable in the gifts we received and also the way she respected us. For example when she would go to lebanon she would come back with gold and my sister-inlaw always got first preference and more gifts then i did. My ex sister-inlaw was very jealous with me and always competitive and when i tried to confront her and ask her why is she being this way she would tell me off then tell my mother-inlaw and my mother-inlaw would tell me off then my mother-inlaw would tell my husband who would tell me off verbally and with a beating.

While my ex and i were seperated my ex mother-inlaw (who told me she loves me) took my ex husband to lebanon and got him engaged to another woman while he was married to me. My ex-husband's family all knew he was engaged and nobody told me.

My ex is a cheater and a woman beater and many other terrible things. When ever his family found out we had a dispute my ex's father would always say in English infront of me and my ex-husband that if my ex was married to a lebanese none of this would ever happen. My ex father-inlaw was suggesting the cheating and bashing.

I could go on for hours but im more than happy to help you any way i can. Let me know what you would like to know.

Sally

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