I wouldn't let you marry until you have successfully completed high school and have mastered all the subjects such as the three Rs.

I don't know much about muslim's or catholics,but if you are in love and old enough to know that he is the one for you, then you should go for it, it is your lives.

Its news to me that catholics cannot marry muslims, my father was Rev Deacon in the catholic church and he officiated at many cross faith ceremonies, there were conditions but it is not impossible.

Who says Catholics are not allowed to marry Muslims? That is the first i have ever heard of that law. I think it would be more the other way that a Musklim man would have difficulty marrying a Catholic women. The only problem you would have in the Catholic Church is not having banns read and saying the children will be brought up catholic if you marry in the church.

If you are true to your faith as a Catholic, which I am also, You would not get married to this guy. If you do not care about your faith, go have a muslim ceremony and become a muslim. You cannot reconcile the two as much as you will try, and beyond that you will have to accept living your life without your parents if you chose the latter, again just a matter of accepting the consequences of your action since you cannot control what others do but only yourself. My personal advice would be to listen to your parents on this one, I'd tend to agree with them and would probably disown my daughter if she did the same thing. But that is just my opinion. Your parents know more than you do sometimes and can see the mistake you are about to make.

I would be sure that you know what you are getting into before marring this man. You will want to know how Muslim men treat their woman and exactly what your role will be in the relationship. If you do some serious research you will find many horror stories of how these relationships end up. Good Luck!!!

My own rule was to give it 10 years together before marrying and I have had 2 relationships that got very close to being "mature" but by then I knew that marrying would have been a grave mistake. I knew by year 6 or 7 so to me 1 year is nothing. Wait at least 5 years.

i'm a catholic female who has dating a muslim for over 3 years.After reading the comments of others its amazing how people have this picture about muslims and think they ALL treat there women bad eg.they make you cover up, force you to convert (no way) thats against there religon.And its like with any religon or culture you have the good and the bad in every race. As long as ihave been with my boyfriend its been hard. i wouldn'tn get married yet,you need to know how religous his family is? And what they would like you to do, and your parents should speak to his parents so you can work a way that they are both happy. You need to be with this person for a least a few more years because you don't want to jump into it to quickly, you must talk all things through from children(what religon), the weddind etc.Its realy hard and you have to see if your love is that strong to get through it.

Personally, I would beat them to the punch and disown them for being so intolerant but that's just me. I can't tell you whether to marry him or not, but I CAN say that you need to decide what your priorities are. If narrow, conservative interpretation of your faith is more important than love or if you want your parents running your life for you instead of allowing you to make your own decisions then dump him. Otherwise, start getting fitted for a gown and tell the folks to move into the 19th century and get some coping skills.

Yes we shouldn't generalize, but you should be aware of the statistics before making any decisions. I have a cousin that dated her muslim boyfriend for 4 years before they were married. He was wonderful to her while they dated and early in the marriage. That is until the kids were born. That's when he forced his muslim faith and culture on her. The sad ending to this story is that her 2 sons are living in the Middle East. She is forbidden to see them and they have grown up without their mom. She is a different (and very sad) person. Just be careful is all....

"Us Catholics are not allowed to marry Muslims?!" hog-fooey!

correction: muslims are allowed to have catholic wives. (was catholic, am now muslim, and i've seen a lot of women who married muslim men but were christian) and none of them were forced to convert, some have and some haven't. first though before anything i strongly suggest he learn about your religion and you learn about his, with mutual interest, not for the sake of conversion but more for realizing EVERYTHING that would be involved as far as religion goes. but please don't leave your family, and i sincerely hope they don't disown you. good luck. give it time. and you'll be in my prayers.

Sadly, the above question and answers, such as some of them are, are over a year old, still, maybe these words will help someone.. Heavens above :'( (Forgive them Father, for they (most of them here) know not what they are doing or saying, how much they are sinning against you, and how much pain they are causing You, Thy Son our Lord the Saviour Jesus Christ, His and our Mother the Blessed Virgin Mary), not to mention the complete and utter destruction of the beautiful english language, with grammar so bad that it makes me whince, grammatical and spelling mistakes never found among english language students in my country Croatia after a mere few years of part time studying. In this respect, your public schools are a disgrace, and yes I DO know what I am talking about, for I was educated in england, in the same schools, and yet, I cannot help thinking..if "I" who am nothing special, less than most, can avoid such blatant and shameful errors using YOUR language, in written and oral form, why can YOU not??? It is after all YOUR language.) Right about now, some of you might be thinking that I have verbal diarrhoea..maybe..but here's a challenging question for you..am I RIGHT or am I WRONG!?!? Ok..to the topic in question.. A Catholic marrying a muslim. In the inimitable words of John 'the loud mouth' Macenroe...YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? You who says that there is nothing in the Catholic doctrine that says that a Catholic cannot marry a muslim, or outside his/her faith, and who also says the he is a Catholic himself, you make me faint in horror!!! For you, as a Catholic to say such a thing, is sinful, to say it PUBLICALLY, to spread such nonsense around as though you were an atheist, is an even GREATER sin. Lala...listen good!!! I will only tell you one thing, 2 actually: a) your mom and dad are right, correct, AMEN! If every Catholic parent brought up their child in the Catholic faith, from the very beginning, prayed the Rosary together daily, went to AT THE VERY LEAST the "OBLIGATORY" sunday Mass, preferrably to a few more during the week, which is MORE than possible, than their children WOULD 'honour their mothers and fathers' by obeying them, and would NOT consider it being under their control, for, hand on heart, when you get to be in THEIR shoes, you TOO will know FAR BETTER what is good for YOUR child than them. Am I right or am I right!?!? b) find a wise priest, go to him, seek his advice, visit not just one priest, visit a few, and when you find the wisest, go to him regularly when you are troubled, for only HE can give you Godly advice, NOONE else! Post questions to CATHOLIC priests on the net, seek GODLY HOLY WISE advice, not advice of faith-challenged faceless people who literally 'swim' in their modern views of life, modern views of morals, and what IS or ISN'T holy, Godly, righteous, acceptable to God or not, whom you do not know, whos faiths you cannot trust, whos wisdom about how a Catholic should live and conduct him/herself before GOD, and his neighbours (who's keeepers we ARE, hence my words to you whom I do not know, never will, but consider my sister in Christ) is well short of the wisdom you need to make a decision which will affect every single moment of your earthly life, AND..your soul's ETERNAL LIFE!! Remember this..there is NOTHING more important in life, NOONE and NOONES opinions and judgements come even CLOSE to the importance of God's, Jesus's, who is our Saviour, and only through HIM do we reach our Creator, and His Mother's Mary's, who prays for us at the hour of our death (last line of Hail Mary) and Who's prayers are ALWAYS granted by Jesus, and what He grants His mother (also OUR mother, He puts before God mercifully, not as a judge, hence attains eternal life, as opposed to eternal death 'downstairs'). Remember also, marriage is a SACRAMENT!! A sacrament in which you: ACCEPT Catholicism, ACCEPT God's word, ACCEPT that you shall live according to His word, and raise the children He will grace you with, if He does, in the Catholic faith (nay, not faith but TRUTH, as pope Benedict XVI said), preparing their souls for their eventual return to their Heavenly father. This is what you oblige yourself to in your vows in church before God. Any ANY union of man and woman other than a Catholic one, and one before the Blessed Sacrament, is NOT of God, is NOT a sacrament, and is NOT a true marriage, but a union more resembling a business contract. c) Yea I know...I first said '1' thing, then '2', and now I'm on '3'..sigh:)..but it's all in a very good cause, and if I can write this much, I think reading is even easier, so you'll forgive me, I hope. To save you searching, and perhaps even giving up, God forbid, here is a google link to a priest who will be able to answer all your questions. Fr. Jay Toborowsky http://www.google. hr/search?hl=hr&q=frjaytob@aol.com&meta=&aq=f&oq= Write to him, leave nothing out, pour your heart out, all your fears, everything, THEN..you will be much wiser than you are presently. By all means, copy and paste all my words, and ask him if I'm talking 'out of the back of my head', or making at least SOME sense. P.S. Whosoever disagrees with anything I said above, or has anything derogatory to say about my words or me... a) you are wrong to disagree with my words, for my words are as true as 2+2=4, and to realise this, you merely have to open your eyes, hearts and minds, and look at what the is happening to our world, world given to us to live in by God, what "WE" have done to it, and what we are doing to each other, and you will realise that the man you perhaps love, but definitely respect and consider wise, was 100% correct when he said that, and I cannot quote him exactly, so you'll have to forgive me, but John Paul II said that, <if you destroy the family, you destroy the world.> How is this happening?! Mixed marriages, and mothers out working instead of being home raising children, as I promise you, a GREAT MANY MOTHERS today would MUCH prefer that, hence kids being raised by themselves and the streets. b) I forgive you for your derogatory words, for if Jesus could forgive on the cross, who am I not to forgive you a few misguided words?!? ------- Going off topic again, but I hope you'll not run off. Eternal question that man has asked of himself: What is the meaning of life? The answer is amazingly simple, it is: A: To know God..to love God..to serve God..and through this, return to whence we came, to Heaven, to Him. Another eternal question that man asks himself is: Why does God allow evil? This answer came to me, no not from above, as you perhaps might have thought, but via Fr.John Corapi (see youtube.com) A: "God allows evil to draw a greater good out of it." :)satan falls for this every time, lol The evil in the world man causes himself through his sins. If God was to, as He could in a mere moment, erase evil, than that would mean: a) that He has erased satan, and b) that He has removed man's free will. What kind of a God would He be than if He removed our free choice from us?! Rhetorical question. It is man who makes the choice between Heaven and hell. It is man who gives God no choice but to discard his soul into the everlasting pit, for nothing tainted by sin can enter Heaven, even if forgiven, hence the purification in Purgatory of venial sins confessed in the sacrament of confession, and forgiven by God, through His priest (sins confessed and forgiven still stain the soul and need to be removed before entering Heaven). A soul damaged my 'motal' sin, grave sin, even one, which is unconfessed, will condemn a soul to hell. I think I've said enough, you might even agree. If you disagree wholly or partly, I hope that I have said enough to make you want to at least run my words by an authority like a Catholic priest, not protestant priest, but CATHOLIC priest. May God bless you all, all your families, your friends, your countryman, and your country as a whole. Signed. Noone of any importance whatsoever.

I think that the god you share in common wouldn't care less. Your religion might, but the god which your religion is devoted to sure as hell wouldn't. People need to stop looking at religion with the very much HUMAN imposed limits on it, and consider the messages instead. I'm an atheist because of what humans do unto religion, and not what religion does unto humans. Consider what you think God would have intended for you, e.g. do you REALLY think he cares if you believe in Jesus Christ? Like his ego needs massaging? No! He just wants you to be a good person, if indeed he exists. So, go ahead and marry him. Don't listen to what some ignorant guy in the 3rd century wrote in a book once

You need to decide who and what is more important to you.

i am catholic i been with with a muslim man since i was 12 years old i am 19 now and 27week pregnant with my son.. i love him with all my heart but i know things are not going to be easy we been through loads together people not acepting us but that dont matter to me because i love him. if you love this guy speake to your family and his dont give up.... good look!!!!

I am Catholic, had sex before I got married, did not wear white walking down the isle because I was 6 months pregnant at the time.....married a interfaith type man who visits many places of worships......hmmmmm......ask yourself if you will be with that person for the rest of your life..........thats what matters. Me I been married to my man for 23 years and people had the balls to tell me we would not last 1 year!

I disagree with a lot on here. Im a product of a Catholic/ Muslim marrige and my parents are fine dispite a couple of religious clashes. You just need decide what is more important to you. It would be a good idea to finish school before you get married, and definatly talk to your partner about how you would want to raise your kids. I was raised in the Catholic Church but has a high appreciation for both religions. If you feel that your parents will disown you then wait till your old enough, stable enough and living on yur own to make a decision like that.