Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Morocco: Women must not marry non-Muslim European men, says imam

Reforming that verse in the Qur'an is the best positive solution to give Moroccan women their freedom. no? See ReformIslam.org for more positive steps towards freedom for our Islamic friends.


From http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.2284553321

Morocco: Women must not marry non-Muslim European men, says imam
Rabat, 25 June (AKI) - An imam in Morocco's eastern city of Fez has said that marriages between Moroccan women and European men who are not Muslims are forbidden under Islam.

Each summer in Morocco, a growing number of local women are reportedly marrying young European men.

"This kind of marriage, between Moroccan women and European men, is forbidden by the Koran (the Muslim holy book) and the Sunna (the way or deeds of the Prophet Mohammed)," Sheikh Mohammed al-Tawil said in a TV interview.

"A Muslim woman may not marry an unbeliever while a Muslim man may marry Christian and Jewish women," he told Arabic satellite TV network al-Arabiya.
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