wow. who knew..

Submitted by leanne (United Kingdom), Nov 27, 2006 at 12:59

that so many people believe that, just because one middle eastern muslim man decided to cheat, or try to control his non-muslim wife from the west, all middle eastern muslim men must want do this. it is simply untrue and extremely prejudice. i am a non muslim western woman who fell madly in love with a turkish MUSLIM man. that was ten years ago.. we are still happily married.

i am still an independent NON MUSLIM woman. and my husband is still a MUSLIM man. also, when we married we made a mutual decision to raise our children to be aware of all religions.. judaism, islam, christianity, buddhism, sikhism, hinduism, shinto.. EVERY RELIGION. however we did not raise them to follow a moral code which was imposed by religion. instead we have taught them right and wrong in a general sense so that they can grow into young independent adults, whom if they choose to do so, will follow a religion not because their parents told them too but because the relate to this religion and we have also taught them NEVER, i repeat, NEVER judge the majority just because of something the minority may have done. In other words to respect and value other cultures.

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