i know muslim men can marry non-muslim women but can muslim women marry a christian guy? or does he have to convert?
138604
Happens all the time.
296815
you can marry her as long as you convert to Islam
131543
hey.. in islam .. men are allowed to have only 4 wives.. no more than that..\nbut nowadays rarely men marry more than 1 women...\nand that thing u wrote under ur question.. \nmen are NOT ALLOWED 2 HAVE MORE THAN 4 WIVES... him havin 10 and all those children ..is forbidden and wrong in islam..
124872
Yes, it is allowed in islam and also in some christianity also. like in england one can marry his or her cousin, but in america it is not allowed.
673231
--->Is it impossible to get an actual answer?<---\n\nYes actually because you are overlaying a Christian/Western understanding of justification/salvation onto a foreign system.  You cannot do that!  The question is not "are you saved" for a Muslim but rather "are you Muslim?" and "are you being obedient to the Qu'ran/the will of Allah?"\n\nThere is really no need to think about "forgiveness" or being forgiven, just about being Muslim.\n\nThat is why the appeals of Protestant Christianity (which is the "are you forgiven" / "are you saved"....non-Protestant Christians don't ask the questions that way) tend not to work, because there is nothing to be forgiven about if you have. submitted to Islam.  The whole question just doesn't make sense and can be viewed as insulting to Muslims.\n\nYou have to find a different approach if you want to make any headway in a discussion with Muslims over Christianity vs. Islam.
43807
You must be strong in your faith, but he may be steep in his religion.  If he hasn't proposed to you yet, I think you should travel abroad confident with the reality that he had time to do so, and didn't committ in that ultimate way.  Has he even brought that topic up?  Has he made a promise to you about it yet?  \n\nYou say its been 15 yrs; do you want another 15 more to go by, not being his wife?  I personally know of women who have had children with men, but not been married to them; both Christians and Muslimahs.  \n\nGo get your education girl.  Stop stressing.  Make that your goal for now.
450875
Muslims are allowed to marry People of the Book namely Jews and Christians, of course, besides muslims. As for other religions, it is better that the person that they want to marry converts to Islam otherwise that marriage is not considered legal according to Islam.
639691
She is not, I am Muslim and I can say that. maybe she really loves you but your relationship seems impossible. in our book male Muslim can marry Christian,Muslim and Jew woman, but female Muslim can't marry but Muslim man. so she is probably if she told her family they would prevent her from seeing you at all. so she keeps finding excuses to be with you as long as possible. talk to her outright and tell her what I just wrote and she can't deny! good luck.
510324
in our religion, the children are supposed to follow the fathers religion, because he is head of the house. so if a muslim woman were to marry a christian man, there is always a chance the children will turn out christian, and if that happens she could be in danger. also there are ALOTTTT of arab christians in palestine and lebanon, and most of them dont care about marrying outside of the race. \n\nbut try reading the quran in english, its a beautiful book and islam is a peaceful religion, dont follow views of the taliban, because if you ask a real muslim, they are ALL going to hell for screwing up the religion.\n\nand thank you for calling us beautiful!!!!\n\ni hope i helped!
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Brother ! Muslims can have second wife without the permission of first wife if this clause is not mentioned in marital agreement (Nikah Nama). If the wife puts this clause in Nikah Nama that husband cant marry the second without her permission then taking permission is compulsory .. \nFor example most of the Muslims dont know that a woman can also give divorce (talaq) in Islam (as men) if she mentions it in Nikah Nama ...\ni would agree to an answer above that one cant do justice with 4 wives ..thats what Quran says ...\n"marry of the women, who seem good to you, two or three or four; and if ye fear that ye cannot do justice (to so many) then marry one (only)"\n[AlQuran 4:3]
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yes, its possible to marry her..but at first you need to know werther if she really loves you deep down inside and be ready to convert to Islam to be married to you..?\n\ndo not force her to convert..it must be from her heart..but if she..reluctant to give away her christianity and that is not a good news to you..you might probally can wait for he until she finally says that she really wants you to be her life partneror maybe you have to forget about her..\n\ni think thats the only good way to do.. you're a muslim man..and as a muslim..you should know what is the best...\n\ngood luck my friend
139358
Any man that would feel that way about a Christian woman certainly doesn't understand the things or God. \n\nPray and ask the Lord, first of all, if it is His will for you to be married. and secondly, ask Him to send you the man that He wants you to be with. God knows what is best for you. \n\nRead I Cor. 7\nalot of this is talking about marriage but some of it pertains to those that are not married.
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A muslim can go as far as they want if that relationship is marriage :-))\n\nBut seriously outside marriage any kind of fornacation is a sin, and by fornication a mean anything even a lustful look. There is a Hadith that says that it worse for a man to have an axe through his head than even accidently touch who is not his mahram (wife or blood reletive) women.\nFor women (like me) when I'm outside or with non mahram, I must wear hijab (cover myself fully) and I'm not allowed to be alone with a man. etc etc.\n\nWhen I do decide to get married it is not islamic to have a long engagement etc. And I won't be alone with my finace untill after marriage.  Tipically family and friends help find prospective partners, and then arrange a meeting where maybe they leave us 2 in a room, and they wait outside with the door open! And then if you are still not sure it is ok to ask questions by phone etc, before you get married.\n\nBut as you see it is very different from the western version of romance!!
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Actually i don't really understand your question .. but I'll answer it as if you are asking about "Why men marry 4 women in Islam and why women can't marry 4 men?" ... OK? ...\n\nFirst of all ... Islam is the only religion that said "marry only one" ... and the proof from Quran is:\n4:3\n"And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry (other) women of your choice, two or three, or four but if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly (with them), THEN ONLY ONE or (the captives and the slaves) that your right hands possess. That is nearer to prevent you from doing injustice."\n\nand although Muslim man is allowed to treat his slave(s) or his captive(s) as his wife ... he should not do that against their will ... an dthe proof from Quran is :\n\n24:33\n"And let those who find not the financial means for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah enriches them of His Bounty. And such of your slaves as seek a writing (of emancipation), give them such writing, if you know that they are good and trustworthy. And give them something yourselves out of the wealth of Allah which He has bestowed upon you. And force not your maids to prostitution, if they desire chastity, in order that you may make a gain in the (perishable) goods of this worldly life. But if anyone compels them (to prostitution), then after such compulsion, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful (to those women, i.e. He will forgive them because they have been forced to do this evil action unwillingly)."\n\nNow ... teh reasons why men CAN (not should) marry 4 women is:\n1- sexual desire at men is stronger than women ... \n\n2- if his wife has a desease or anything that makes him unable to treat her normally as a wife , but he wishs not to divorce her ...\n\n3- man can make parrallel sexual relationships .. and we can still recognize the father ... while woman cannot make parallel sexual relationship because of the responsibility of the relations (taking care of each husband as a wife and all of the children as a mother .. get pregnant .. needed as a wife for each of them !!!) ... and it's going to be hard to recognize the father ...\n\nbesides it has been proven lately that women with parallel sexual relationships get the womp canser ...\n\n4- women numbers are getting greater than men numbers due to wars and natural desastars ... so eventually there is going to be alot of women with no men if a man doesn't marry except one ...\n\nso these women has only one way to get sexual relationships which is to be prostitutes for married men ... which ruins the already established relationships "stable marriages" and makes men do sexual relations aoutside marriage which is forbidden as a major sin...\n\nso if men married tehse women ... it will be better for everyone ... \n\nactually in my country we are getting near to that problem ... where girls are getting near 30 and even over 30 and didn't get married yet because women outnumbered men ...\n\ni hope i answered your question .. with my best regards...
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I never understood why 2 men (or 2 women) who love eachother and are not hurting others should be punished by death BUT Muslims can highly exalt a man (even above Jesus) who married a 9 year old girl. Don't you think a grown man HURTS a 9 year old girl? That would be the one thing that would prevent me from ever being Muslim if there was ever a chance for it in the first place.
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Because Muslims do not have a love relationship with God the way Christians do. He is not their loving father, but instead he is a judge. Don't lynch me just yet... my best friend was Muslim when I lived in AL and we'd talk about this a lot.  I went to her temple, read any book she wanted, I ever read the whole Qu'ran, but I am a Christian because I need someone to love and I need someone who will love me back.\n\nIn her temple, I heard a "sermon" (I know i'm using Christian terminology here- my apologies) and the guy told this story: One very pious woman who prayed daily and faithfully did everything she was supposed to, let her cat outside on a leash.  She did not feed the cat or give it water and it died.  This woman was damned to hell.  Another woman who was living loosely saw a thirsty dog and had compassion on it and gave it a drink- and she went to heaven.  His point was that Muslims never know which actions will damn them to hell, so they must be good all the time.  It is fear based. You could do the right things your whole life, then mess up once and God can damn you and not even let you know!  \n\nLook at their heaven.  A christian sees heaven as a final oppertunity to recieve the fullness of God, we get to spend all the time we want with Him, fellowshipping with Him at banquets, worshipping Him.  Muslims think that heaven is full of virgins waiting for them, among other things- why get excited about this?  Think about it.  Why would you need something other than the presence of God to get you excited about heaven?  It's interesting to think about at any rate.\n\nBasically if you do more good than bad- you're OK.  The problem arises when some actions hold more weight than others.  Sadly their God has not clearly written out which actions these are and how much they cost- like "if I feed the homeless this week will it make up for the fact that I kicked the dog on Tuesday?"  They don't know!  No one knows how much each sin and each merit costs.  Their salvation is not secure- it's a constant state of proving your worth to a Being who finds you unworthy anyway.\n\nThe difference is, Christians do it backwards.  Instead of working to get to God so we can try and be near Him like they do; we are given God freely (the Holy Spirit) when we accept Christ's sacrifice.  So we're given God at the get-go, and then we get to spend time with Him because we love Him, not because we're trying to prove something or get into heaven.  Our salvation is secure when we accept that we'll never be good enough to get to heaven, so a sacrifice is needed.
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If the husband is a righteous man, he'll lead his wife (household) in the right direction.  You TOTALLY took 1 Corinthians 7:4 out of context to build your case.  The WHOLE verse reads, "A wife does not have authority over her own body, but rather her husband, and similarly a husband does not have authority over his own body, but rather his wife."\nYou're not being racist.  You're misusing that term.  Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are all religions, not races (although there is a Jewish race).  Plenty of people consider Christianity to be "anti-women," and they're just as misinformed as they are about Islam.  I think it's important to note that in predominantly Christian nations, women have the right to vote and LEAVE THE HOUSE.  In many predominantly Muslim nations, that's not always the case.  I think this has more to do with the men, however, than the religion itself.