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  • Yes, especially if you love him.
  • It depends on where you live. If you live somewhere in the west, then sure you can. Your family may disapprove, depending on how conservative you are, but legally you can marry whoever you like. However, if you live in a country with Sharia law, you might only be able to marry a Muslim man. If you're really set on marrying him, the both of you might want to move to a place with different marriage laws. Good luck!
  • Islamically, it's not permissable for a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim man, however, a Muslim man can marry a non-Muslim woman.
  • 1) It would depend on the country where you live, and if you are talking of secular or religious marriage. The person you are dating is not a Muslim, so according to Islamic law, you are not allowed to marry him inside the Islamic law. In a secular state, you could have a civil (secular) marriage. But it would not be recognized under the Islamic law either, and you could face rejection from your Islamic community. 2) "Islam allows a man to marry a woman from the People of the Book, that is, Christians and Jews. The early jurists of the most prominent schools of Islamic jurisprudence ruled in fiqh law that the marriage of a Muslim man to a Christian or Jewish woman is makruh (disliked) if they live in a non-Muslim country. Caliph Umar (634–644) denied interfaith marriage for Muslim men during his command of the ummah. In the Quran, it is said, This day are (all) things good and pure made lawful unto you. The food of the People of the Book is lawful unto you and yours is lawful unto them. (Lawful unto you in marriage) are (not only) chaste women who are believers, but chaste women among the People of the Book, revealed before your time,- when ye give them their due dowers, and desire chastity, not lewdness, nor secret intrigues if any one rejects faith, fruitless is his work, and in the Hereafter he will be in the ranks of those who have lost (all spiritual good). {Surah 5:5} Islam generally forbids Muslim women from marrying non-Muslim men. If a non-Muslim woman is married to a non-Muslim, and she converts to Islam, the marriage is suspended until her husband converts to Islam. When he converts a new marriage is not needed. In the Quran, it is said, O ye who believe! When there come to you believing women refugees, examine (and test) them: Allah knows best as to their Faith: if ye ascertain that they are Believers, then send them not back to the Unbelievers. They are not lawful (wives) for the Unbelievers, nor are the (Unbelievers) lawful (husbands) for them. But pay the Unbelievers what they have spent (on their dower), and there will be no blame on you if ye marry them on payment of their dower to them. But hold not to the guardianship of unbelieving women: ask for what ye have spent on their dowers, and let the (Unbelievers) ask for what they have spent (on the dowers of women who come over to you). Such is the command of Allah. He judges (with justice) between you. And Allah is Full of Knowledge and Wisdom. {Surah 60:10} In practise, many Arab countries allowed marriage to Muslim, Christian or Jew women but not to non-Muslim men. Turkey also allowed marriages to non-Muslim man. In Malaysia a non-Muslim must convert to Islam in order to marry a Muslim. There are calls to review these laws. However such calls may not be islamic and one must be careful not to haste labeling politics of Muslim Countries as 'Islam'." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaith_marriage_in_Islam
  • According to the HQ you cannot marry a non-believer. Are you a good Muslim?
  • According to Islamic law, a Muslim woman is NOT allowed to marry a non-Muslim man. But, in the true spirit of Islamic equality, a Muslim man IS allowed to marry a non-Muslim woman.

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