Tamara- PLEASE do not be hasty in this

Submitted by anna (United States), Jun 6, 2007 at 15:37

Tamara, I beg you please to think very carefully before you take this step. To make a decision for yourself to marry into the Muslim religion is one thing. You are an adult and can make an informed decision, hopefully after very thoroughly investigating exactly what it will mean in your life and habits. I am not sure you have done this enough.

But to make a decision for your children, especially a girl to be raised as a muslim is another thing altogether. Please please read about what the koran says about women's worth, how they may be treated and beaten, suppressed, oppressed. read stories of muslim women in western countries TODAY, forced marriages, honor killings, treated like chattel. can you condemn your daughter to this life with no control? Are you ready to stand by and watch as your husband makes decisions about your children, or takes them away (he has the right to in Islamic law)> Because once you marry, you will most probably lose control of your decisions and independence. Have mercy on your children, I beg you!

I had to respond after reading your post, sorry. It made me very upset, as you can see...

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