A beautiful quote for you....

"No culture can live if it attempts to be exclusive."

Mahatma Gandhi~

�s a muslim i to disagree ,im not saying that it cannot work.but for a muslim guy it is accepted to marry a non muslim female,but not vicer versa,but thats my belief,however life has soo many obsticles or challenges so i feel that if spouses or partners respect each other. And their beliefs it can work,there will come times when their beliefs clash but its not the clash itself that can break them its how they deal with it in order to move forward,and that goes for any marraige or relaitionship because nothing is ever perfect

only problem is,that the non-Muslim Female is expected to convert,or else!

non-Muslim female doesn't need to convert to Islam to marry a Muslim guy , while non-Muslim guy should convert to Islam if he wanted to marry a Muslim lady .

only problem is,that the non-Muslim Female is expected to convert,or else!

so,some of those Crazies in Pakistan and elsewhere got it Bassackward then?

Can a relationship with two different religions and cultures be successful? Ex. Christian/ Muslim.... Has anyone ever been in a relationship like this or maybe considered this type of relationship? Any success stories? Seems to be plenty of negative ones. Only respectful replies please.

In my country ( Indonesia ), the marriage between a christian and a moeslem are not acceptable.
If they want make their marriage become legal by the law, so our government give them a choice, one of them should convert their religion, and make it as same as their partner's religion.
But our government also give another choice for them.
If they dont want to convert their religions, it's meaning they can't do legal marriage in Indonesia, so the other option is do legal marriage in another country, thats acceptable by indonesian marriage Law.

In my opinion, If we really love someone, we have to accept and also always respect his/her religion, and never force each other to convert their beliefs for any reasons if they dont want it.
Btw, as long as you are comfort with him, then lets God do the rest for you both.

if they were both non-religion , then it's perfect , and that is the case when most of such relationships survive , if one of them was religious , the relation could have a chance if the other partner wasn't religious and didn't pay much attention to the religious side of the other partner's personality .
if both of them are religious , and belong to different religions .... then it has no chance at all .

love builds what religions destroy !

Can a relationship with two different religions and cultures be successful? Ex. Christian/ Muslim.... Has anyone ever been in a relationship like this or maybe considered this type of relationship? Any success stories? Seems to be plenty of negative ones. Only respectful replies please.

You asked for personal experience stories, so here goes...

Back during the first "Persian Gulf War" which started in 1990, I was dating a Sunni Muslim expatriate from Libya. We dated for about two years; we were serious enough that he asked me to marry him.

When the war broke out, there were tensions between us. I'm kind of a 'Rah-Rah' American girl and spent evenings watching the televised video OF the war. Needless to say, that made him uncomfortable. He spent the time explaining to me about the "evil, imperialist Americans".


We went through two Ramadans together. During both month-long periods, good Muslims (which he claimed to be) are engaged in deep, spiritual growth; given that we were serious and having sex on a regular basis (but not on Fridays, their Holy Day), we couldn't see one another during these times. Both times, he made it not-quite-two weeks before caving in and sneaking off to see me.


He wanted 9 children. I told him he should HAVE 9 children and dreamed of the millions we'd have, what with him being the first man to give birth to nine babies in his lifetime. Turns out he meant he wanted ME to give birth to all of 'em.


He described to me how life was in his Muslim household. For instance, at dinner time, the women (who'd spent the day cooking the food) would gather together and eat in the kitchen after serving the men, who ate together in another room, where they discussed important things, like politics, the economy, and the such. The women talked about raising babies, sharing recipes, knitting, and the such. Women were not allowed to share in the important discussions, including things involving her own household. According to him, any good Muslim man values his wife's opinion, but as a good Muslim wife, she knows to offer it up only in complete privacy - the best time is when they are bedding down for the night, when he can give her is total attention.


After we broke up, I discovered that he'd had a fiancee to whom he'd been betrothed in his youth, by his family. She, too, was Muslim and came from a neighboring hometown in Libya. At the time he and I were dating, she lived some 400 miles away, so he didn't get to see her very often...and he most assuredly did not have sex with her, as they weren't married yet.

Even later, I found out that this is a pretty common occurrence: Muslim men, who are betrothed at birth/in youth to Muslim women, are encouraged to emigrate and become involved with Western women, in a sort of 'sowing-your-wild-oats' ritual before settling down with their one-and-only-intended.


MY personal experience; your mileage may vary. As others have indicated, it ALL depends on the two individuals involved.


Best of luck - and love - to you!

You asked for personal experience stories, so here goes...

Back during the first "Persian Gulf War" which started in 1990, I was dating a Sunni Muslim expatriate from Libya. We dated for about two years; we were serious enough that he asked me to marry him.

When the war broke out, there were tensions between us. I'm kind of a 'Rah-Rah' American girl and spent evenings watching the televised video OF the war. Needless to say, that made him uncomfortable. He spent the time explaining to me about the "evil, imperialist Americans".


We went through two Ramadans together. During both month-long periods, good Muslims (which he claimed to be) are engaged in deep, spiritual growth; given that we were serious and having sex on a regular basis (but not on Fridays, their Holy Day), we couldn't see one another during these times. Both times, he made it not-quite-two weeks before caving in and sneaking off to see me.


He wanted 9 children. I told him he should HAVE 9 children and dreamed of the millions we'd have, what with him being the first man to give birth to nine babies in his lifetime. Turns out he meant he wanted ME to give birth to all of 'em.


He described to me how life was in his Muslim household. For instance, at dinner time, the women (who'd spent the day cooking the food) would gather together and eat in the kitchen after serving the men, who ate together in another room, where they discussed important things, like politics, the economy, and the such. The women talked about raising babies, sharing recipes, knitting, and the such. Women were not allowed to share in the important discussions, including things involving her own household. According to him, any good Muslim man values his wife's opinion, but as a good Muslim wife, she knows to offer it up only in complete privacy - the best time is when they are bedding down for the night, when he can give her is total attention.


After we broke up, I discovered that he'd had a fiancee to whom he'd been betrothed in his youth, by his family. She, too, was Muslim and came from a neighboring hometown in Libya. At the time he and I were dating, she lived some 400 miles away, so he didn't get to see her very often...and he most assuredly did not have sex with her, as they weren't married yet.

Even later, I found out that this is a pretty common occurrence: Muslim men, who are betrothed at birth/in youth to Muslim women, are encouraged to emigrate and become involved with Western women, in a sort of 'sowing-your-wild-oats' ritual before settling down with their one-and-only-intended.


MY personal experience; your mileage may vary. As others have indicated, it ALL depends on the two individuals involved.


Best of luck - and love - to you!