Are you going to tell me, that
if that woman doesnt get along with his family, and the cultural divide is so great, that she is going to
be happy there? What if his mother doesnt like her? then what?
I don't disagree with this, I disagree with the website. Not getting alone is not the same as being forced to have 6 kids and getting beat up everyday (which is what the website says).
In the west, oh hell yes this happens
too, but in the west, they can always move away from the "in laws" How often is that the case in the
ME and North africa? Lets face it, if you CAN make mom in law happy, you too, can have a happy life.
I have 10 aunts and uncles on both sides and NONE of them lives with their parents (my grandfathers and grandmothers).
And you are telling me, that in an islamic country, if she divorces him and wants to move back west,
WHO gets the kids? hmmm?
Depends on how old the child is, the child's nationality, and the laws of the specific Muslim country.
Again I have no problem with what you're saying here. In fact I have no problem with most of the advice you offered to HotChick. What I do have problem with is the website you linked to which says non-Muslim men shouldn't marry any Arab man because they all beat their wives.
My one year stay on the
northern border of iraq was interesting to say the least.
How will a married foreign woman fair in the ME or north africa. Oh, I dunno, let me ask my sister who
lived in Jedda for seven years, imprisoned in her compound the whole while! Her husband, who
FREQUENTLY went on business trips out fo the country didnt have any problems. Its one thing in many
countries, even hijab free, for nationals to get away with doing things, but we are talking about a foreigner
here, with absolutey zero knowledge of the culture/country she is going to live in. No relatives, no
friends she grew up with, strangers in EVERY neighborhood, not to mention dealing with languages she
may not understand.
Same as above. Good advice from you but bigoted racist vitriol from the website.
Iraqi Athiest. Are you aware of the number of western women in the past, and
currently living in hell over there? Are you aware of the number of ME and NA men "courting" western
women for either playthings until they get married or marry them, take them "home" where they live
subservient until they die or can escape? This is not meant to offend you as an arab man. These are
the facts. As I suggested... I recommended her to contact embassies and find out the facts for herself.
Same as above. Although I would add that you shouldn't generalize. My uncle lives in Dubai and is married to a Russian woman who converted to Islam. She doesn't pray or fast and my uncle didn't force her to. She visits her parents in Russia every summer and stays there for 3 months while he stays in Dubai for work. She takes their son and daughter with her and she teaches them Russian.
If any should be offended, it is I, a western woman, being exploited.
Yeah but I never called for you to be exploited. I never said Western women should marry Muslim men and move to their countries. When I do that, you have every right to be offended.
Whereas you recommended and endorsed a website that says non-Muslim women should never marry Arabs because they beat their women. Therefore I have a right to be offended.
Anyway, I thank you for your PM in which you explained your position. So let's forget about it
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