A Bride's Story - Ch. 106 - Returning Home

[IronMace1990]

Kinda ironic coz of the 'disdain' towards Indians when the current UK PM is of Indian descent

 

[miyako19]

lol @ the gossiping women in the first panels
"she had a cloth wrapped around her head!!"
yeah well so do you, miss maid XD

What you said is so ignorant. They aren't the same. What the maid had is more like a hat while Muslim women cover themselves from head to toes.

 

[havelmom]

low test island lol

 

[yinkyo]

That "It's not like this'be the first time" feels way too deep for our boi henry, what gives happened during his upbringing

 

[Nafinafnafnaf]

To be married in some churches, one must agree that any children will be raised as members of the church's sect, and no merely as Christians of some sort.

I would not have been allowed to marry my Iraqi girl-friend in a Shi'ite mosque without becoming a Muslim pro forma. She was unhappy that I flatly refused. Her sister, BTW, had a fiance who converted, and then she jilted him. Sucks to be that guy.

Well to be fair Shi'ite islam and Sunni islam are different. As a sunni muslim i would go as far as to say they're different religions because of how different we are, even though we both pray to Allah.

How did you manage to marry her though?

I think its the same for both for christianity or islam whether sunni or shi'ite, that if someone from another religion wants to marry someone else, either we have to convert to their religion, or vice versa. If not possible, than make sure the children pick one or the other.

But, then again let's be honest. Throughout history many muslims, christians, and jews have married with eachother and have got basically no consequences! Especially because muslims consider judaism and christianity as almost "close relatives". And even though technically only a muslim man can marry with the people of the book, lots of women still marry with men of other religions just fine.

 

[Oeconomist]

How did you manage to marry her though?

I didn't. Had I converted, I would have been jammed-up like her sister's jilted fiance.

I think its the same for both for christianity or islam whether sunni or shi'ite, that if someone from another religion wants to marry someone else, either we have to convert to their religion, or vice versa.

Nope. I had a friend who simply had to promise to raise any children as Roman Catholics; since the two weren't planning to have kids, that went just fine. And I've had other friends married in churches without even that commitment.

lots of women still marry with men of other religions just fine.

Only either by faking it, or by not marrying in a mosque.

 

[Nafinafnafnaf]

Only either by faking it, or by not marrying in a mosque.

True true, my aunt married a christian man as well even tho she was technically muslim. The thing is she's more secular though, she doesn't even wear hijab or anything like muslimah wear. Later, she divorced the guy cuz he was abusive. But yeah.

Honestly these things just happen i guess. I am kinda glad you rejected her flat out cause it's kinda obvious marrying someone from another religion is going to be harder regardless, unless you play by the rules or bypass them. She was kinda delusional i think, cuz it's like you're in a completely different world from her. Also glad because technically having a boy/girlfriend isn't really permitted in Islam because its outside marriage but... Hey even in my country dating happens a lot and even so called "shari'a dating" happens, which doesn't even exist and is just an excuse for someone to have a relationship outside marriage here in most muslim countries...

 

[Oeconomist]

I am kinda glad you rejected her flat out cause it's kinda obvious marrying someone from another religion is going to be harder regardless, unless you play by the rules or bypass them. She was kinda delusional i think, cuz it's like you're in a completely different world from her.

Well, I don't think that her commitment to Islam was at all sincere; she just wanted to remain acceptable to those from her original social world. But certainly our respective cultures had profound differences, rooted largely in each culture having been informed by a different religion.

 

[stickzilla]

Did Henry just gave away Talas's keepsake?!

 

[alacaelum]

All things considered... this aint even close to the worst outcome.

You know... Henry's scatterbrained personality, nerdy appearance, and goofy manners... kinda hides that he actually has a core of steel.

The man went to another part of the world, which has VERY different cultures, and did more than just his best... he travelled with confidence and courage.

I know I don't have the same level of will as he has.