Posted by Jochen Katz on March 17, 1998 at 22:09:53:
In Reply to: Re: catholic women and muslim men posted by Anja on March 17, 1998 at 21:19:49:
Dear Anja,
I was astonished about some of your statements.
: Christian wives of Muslim men have the right to practise their faith freely. The husband
: agrees on this by marrying her as a Christian woman. He even has to take his Christian
: wife to church once a week, if she doesn`t have any other possibility to get there, and to
: attend the service is part of her religious life.
Could you please quote for me an authoritative source for this?
Preferable a hadith or a fatwa from a sheikh in an Islamic country,
not a Western diluted one?
: A Muslim husband can leave by will up to 1/3 of his inheritance to his wife. That is the
: same for a Muslim or Christian wife.
That is new to me as well. Usually it is: The Muslim does not inherit from hte
non-Muslim and vice versa.
Furthermore, the bequest of up to 1/3 cannot go to those who are already
in the distribution of the shares. This would upset the balance of the shares.
If you think this is possible, I would again ask you for a reference.
I have not heard this yet.
: The problem of not being entitled to inheritance occurs only in cases without will. In that
: case a Muslim wive inherits 1/8 (I think that amount is depending on if there are children
: or not. Without children it might be higher, though I am not sure about that.), a Christian
: wife would not inherit.
About inheritance issues you can read at my page here.
: About the child kidnapping, that one also works vice versa. Who would be taking the
: children from whom? What Muslim husband would be able to get his children out of what
: Western country legally? There is no difference on that one. The risk is equally high for
: both parties. May God save any couple from getting in such a situation.
I don't want to scare everyone, but in the West childcare is not decided
based on religion. If in an Islamic country the rights will automatically
go to the Muslim. Period.
In the west it is the question who is best suited and even then the other
party always has the right to visit with the children, something not granted
to the infidel under Islamic law.
About some of the legal issues you might want to consult also the
critical books you can find at Women in Islam.
: Also the question of what religion the children take is the same from either viewpoint.
: Yes, Muslim men are obliged to raise their children as Muslims. Catholics are obliged by
: the church to raise their children Catholics in marriages with non Catholics.
So, here you have the desaster programmed already.
What can be worse for the children than have the parents fight
about the religious decision of the children? Huge warning sign
as far as I am concerned.
: That Muslims leaving Islam will be "usual" killed by their fellow Muslims isn`t right, neither
: according to Islamic law nor common happening.
It doesn't happen always, but it is the Sharia law.
: Look around in the Western countries.
: There are even Pakistani churches in the states.
Well, look at Egypt and Pakistan. There they are imprisoned,
tortured and killed. The fact that this is not possible usually
in the West is not an argument about the Islamic law. It is wonderful
that Muslims can't enforce this law in the west, but the issue is
not if it is executed, but what it says, and it does say "Whoever leaves
his religion (of Islam), kill him." (Bukhari).
You might want to consult on this issue the following web pages:
Tolerance in Islam and No Compulsion in Religion?
Things aren't always as rosy as they appear from the mouth of
western Muslims.
May the grace of the Lord cover you and lead you in all HIS truth,
Jochen