khan@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iqbal Mustafa Khan) (04/09/90)
In article <10718@wpi.wpi.edu> jzubairi@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Junaid Ahmed Zubairi) writes: > >muslim men is concerned. I have no doubt that a Muslim man can marry >a Jewish/Christian woman but converse is not allowed. Also anything which >is to be done in your bedroom is not to be done in public. This includes >kissing husband/wife also. Islam is "conservative" and is not "liberal" > I agree with Junaid on the point of Interfaith marriages. However, I have not been able to find any evidence that ISLAM prohibits, for example, a husband kissing his wife in public. I do know that under the laws of Pakistan, this is considered indecent and thus banned. However, in Pakistan, a mother giving her son an affectionate kiss is never looked upon as bad, but a husband kissing his wife would automatically be equated as sexual and thus prohibited. I think culture has a lot to do with these restrictions than Islam. >Junaid Zubairi >(direct replies to jzubairi@rodan.acs.syr.edu)