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Things to Discuss Before the Wedding - Blog Entry

25 Jul 2006 10:12 PM

I am no posting this to incite a flame war. That said, during my life, I have met several charming, attractive Muslim men. But I would never marry them, I would never convert to Islam nor would I ever allow any children of mine to be raised Muslim.

In two words, HONOR KILLINGS. I do not believe a man should have life and death rights over his wife or his daughters. In fact, I know that I would take out any man who would even think of harming my child, in the most violent, painful way possible. And families who make a practice of "honor killing" victims of rape rather than their rapists...ohh, no, you don't!

I can understand why every sexually frustrated male adolescent could be attracted to Islam. Yes, I've heard about the infamous 72 virgin houris that await them in the afterlife after being granted lifelong sovereignty over the women in his immediate jursidiction. What I cannot understand is how any woman who has taken a cold, hard, pragmatic look at this religion could still convert to it! First of all, your subjugation is encoded into the koran. You can be treated like a dog. He can pretty much do what he wants to with you. But there is nothing to indicate that a Muslim women even enters heaven. (I guess there isn't enough room with all those virgins running around).

And I don't care how Islamic Apologists like to sell Allah as the same deity as my God, Jehovah. I don't see any resemblance between the two at all. My God who is also my Heavenly Father values His daughters as much as His sons. He does not set husbands in authority over their wives and chldren so they can freely abuse it. My God shows the same love and mercy to me as he does any man.

Again, I truly understand the lure of Muslim men. Particularly those from the Mideast. But I think Americans have a tendency to romanticize foreign cultures too much for their own good. Often different is not better, it's not only different, is plain worst. I would really suggest that any woman considering marriage to a Muslim look beyond the soft sales pitch of Islam and take her time, get acquainted with the good, the bad, and particularly the ugly so she can make an informed choice.