I am Muslim, and I am considering never marrying a muslim woman, because the vast, vast majority of muslims, Turkish or otherwise, support president Erdogan of turkey, and Erdogan has caused great injustice to my relatives and to friends of family.......I don't want to marry a gulenist either, because I disagree with them on some things and have my doubts about them, and because i don't want the baggage, and because a lot of the gulenists here in Atlanta hate me.....should I marry a Christian or Jewish women, or should I look harder for a better Muslimah wife? the problem is, at the masid I go to, although the imam promised me that after I graduate college he'd help me find a wife, the majority of people in the masajid are arabs, and arabs even more overwhelmingly love Erdogan.......I also dislike their culture....and feel there would be a culture clash....what should I do?
Marry a chinese Muslim woman
or maybe a turkish or other Muslim woman who's strictly monotheist and will only agree with the good that Erdogan or Gulen or anyone else for that matter says.
The harms of marrying a Kaafirah is much worse. I've seen many cases where a Muslim man marries a Christian woman, she doesn't accept Islaam, they have children, and later on - for some reason or the other - the marriage no longer works out for them and they get divorced. In many of those cases, it was the Christian wife who took possession of the children and made them all Christian.
Even if a divorce happened and you worked out an agreement that the children will spend their time equally between the two of you, that would still be unacceptable, because in that case, half of the children's lives growing up will be in a Kaafir household, eating Haraam food (Rasoolullaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said that when a body is nourished on Haraam, Jahannam is most suited for it); not only that, but the Christian or Jewish mother will obviously teach the children her Kufr beliefs, ideas, ideology, etc. and they will end up having a Christian/Jewish mindset. As a Muslim, that's something you definitely want to avoid. And again, there's always the risk of them becoming Christians when they grow up because the mother is a Christian.
No matter what, it will always be better to marry a Muslim woman rather than a Kaafirah.
It's an exaggeration to say that most women in the world support Erdogan. Most woman in the world (outside of Turkey) have never even given a second-thought to Erdogan. He doesn't feature in anyone's life.
If the women in your area support him, why not take a holiday to some other country, find a pious Muslim girl there and marry her? In Indonesia and Malaysia, there are many women who are happy to be co-wives. You could go there and marry four women one time. Have four wives. If you can manage that.
Last edited by Huzaifah ibn Adam; 08-18-2016 at 10:56 PM.
They merely:
Veiled themselves and didn't flaunt it
Sought forgiveness and didn't persist
Took ownership of it and don't justify it
And acted with excellence after they had erred - Ibn al-Qayyim
It's not just about love. If the woman you marry has Baatil (false) `Aqeedah (beliefs), then she will corrupt your children. They too will grow up to have Baatil beliefs. If the woman you marry, for example, believes it is permissible to drink alcohol, then can you marry such a woman simply because you love her? No. She is a Shaytaan. There will never be Barakah (blessings) in the house if you marry an evil woman.
Marry a pious Muslim woman who will be a means of Sakeenah (tranquility) and Barakah (blessings).
the vast, vast majority of muslims, Turkish or otherwise, support president Erdogan of turkey,
You are wrong when claiming something like this. Majority of the people, Muslims or not, don´t care very much about politics at all. Many also hate all politics and politicians.
Meaning of Shirk according to The Qur'an
" Worshipping anyone or anything besides Allah " or " distributing anything exclusive to Allah, to anyone or anything else "
Meaning of Tawheed according to The Qur'an Worshipping none but Allah. Affirming whatever is exclusive to Him, Him alone.
do you mean that you would never let your marriage be dictated by politics? or do you mean that you'll never get married to ANYONE?
I won't marry anyone, cuz I feel hypocritical. I will first solve all my doubts, then marry. :/
Meaning of Shirk according to The Qur'an
" Worshipping anyone or anything besides Allah " or " distributing anything exclusive to Allah, to anyone or anything else "
Meaning of Tawheed according to The Qur'an Worshipping none but Allah. Affirming whatever is exclusive to Him, Him alone.
Erdogan is anti Islam so how can any Muslim support him? He is a pro West secularist and as much a Muslim as George W Bush. He reminds me of the late Western poodle the Shah of Iran and the clown now running Indonesia.
Erdogan is anti Islam so how can any Muslim support him? He is a pro West secularist and as much a Muslim as George W Bush. He reminds me of the late Western poodle the Shah of Iran and the clown now running Indonesia.
And I hadn´t never heard about gulenists before this failed coup in Turkey. About Erdogan I knew something because of the Mavi Marmara tragedy. But why I should start to support those unknown politicians? All the people of the world don´t need to have opinion about everything in everywhere.
From Occupied Palestine:
We have suffered too much for too long. We will not accept apartheid masked as peace. We will settle for no less than our freedom.
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