taking the veil

[Lyddiechu]

i dunno if this is exatly politics, but i know it will incite at least some discussion on morality..

ok women here who are not muslim to begin with, lets say you meet a really great guy, you really want to date him since he seems practically perfect, there is just one stipulation.. you have to wear a veil if you are going to date this man. he comes from a traditional muslim family and his relatives would disaprove and basically make his life hell if he was seen dating a woman who did not practice muslim traditions of female modesty. would you sacrifice for your man and wear the veil and go through the motions of tradition to make his life easy and get along with his family? or would you say too bad, i will never wear a veil for anyone, if you really loved me you would ignore your family.

just wondering, since i know most of the women in here are liberal feminist types.

ive got to say for myself, i would go ahead and wear the veil. hell i would wear a burkha if i loved the guy enough and it came to that. maybe its because i am a hopeless romantic, or is it because i have an understanding of how deeply one's family's opinions and judgements can affect a person in certain (esp. semitic and asian) cultures?

plz reply.

[House-Of-Leaves]

Oooooh, very nice question.

I'd do it. In a heartbeat. If he asked me to just wear the veil, and didn't ask me to change my beliefs? Oh, yes. I would.

It would surprise you, I think, to find out that I'm not a 'feminist type' at all. :) In fact, while some of my opinions about things are a little out-there and controvercial, I'm very...traditional, when it comes to my idea of house and home, and family. I would have no trouble wearing a veil, if it were only to please my future husband (I'll assume), especially if it were because of modesty issues and muslim tradition, and NOT because he and his family want me to believe that Mohammed was a prohpet.

That brings up another issue that I don't know if you'd want to address in this thread: the possibility of a Christian/Muslim marriage working. I know and have heard of Catholic/Jewish weddings, Pagan/Christian, yadda yadda, but knowing the strife that's been obvious between Christianity and Islam...it's just hard to comprehend.

Hmm, I dunno. But to answer your question, yes. :) I'd take on the veil if it were for love.

[Lyddiechu]

It's nice to hear a seriously christian woman like yourself say that, house.