I am a non Muslim, my boyfriend wants to convert to Islam in order to marry me legally
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My boyfriend is a catholic and was married in a catholic rights. We are in-love with each other, he is working is Saudi Arabia as of this time and he said, converting to Islam is the only way to marry me without fear that his wife will file a case against us in the future.
I am a non-muslim and legality is what i want here and the only way (as we know) was to let my boyfriend embrace Islam and we can get married in sharia court law. I am in deep need of your advice regarding this matter and it will be a great pleasure that you will give me the answer that bothered me much.
~ joann
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So you are using Islam just to fulfill your need to be legally married to your boyfriend in Saudi. Needless to say, your boyfriend is cheating on his wife. He is a cheater in my view. He may do it again by converting to other religion elsewhere.
Nevetheless, you can do what you just said. After converting, he can marry you legally in Saudi.
Why don't you try learning about Islam while staying in Saudi ? We invite you to this true religion.
Salaams,
This is what I understand:
1. Your boyfriend is Catholic, married, and living in Saudi Arabia.
2. He wants to marry you, but the only way he can do so "legally" in Saudi is to become Muslim and take you as his second wife.
Becoming Muslim isn't something one does just so one can practice polygamy. Islam is an entire lifestyle. From what I can tell, your boyfriend is Catholic and besides this issue, has no interest in changing his belief for personal reasons.
Even if he were to become Muslim, he would still have to inform his wife he is taking a second wife (you). Do you think that would go over well with her? Do you want to be a second wife to someone, and share them with another lady?
Personally, everything about this situation seems irreverent and greedy. If he is a Catholic now, he should know better than to be having a girlfriend on the side. Catholicism prohibits this. To me, this is a man who has poor character and is trying to play the system to have his cake and eat it too.
I would never suggest anyone to become Muslim to skirt the laws and indulge their fleshly desires. I hope and pray that your boyfriend and you look into Islam more deeply and seriously to see why this faith demands total devotion and practice. Islam is a religion of us submitting to Allah's will, not a way of manipulating sacred law into a means of pleasing ourselves.
-Amy
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