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[chenildieu]

44. I get where you are coming from

because I have been there too.

But, have you studied Islam? If so, you know it forbids dating. It also forbids men from marrying people who aren't monotheists. So your boyfriend - by being your boyfriend - is very far outside the offical mainstream.

He may be part of a wonderful small-but-growing American Muslim movement: 3rd and 4th generation Americans who are still calling themselves Muslim while abandoning the fundamentalist and legalistic beliefs of their forebears. Which is great.

Out of curiosity, I wonder if his sisters claim the same social freedom he enjoys: Do they date? At all? Do they date outside the Muslim community? Do they date American atheists?

(If so, they are part of a real Islamic revolution which I hope will change the world. And if not... Well, you can figure out what that says about your BF and his religion and how it is practiced and whether it is just and who has power over whom.)

Best wishes.

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