[SkyPilot]

A friend of my daughter married a guy from Morocco back in January. She said they were going to “visit” Morocco to see his family etc. Sadly, the last she has heard from her was back in March. We all tried to warn her about islam but she accused us of being “haters” and said we didn’t understand islam.

Reminds me of many stories I have heard that sound exactly the same.

There was a movie made in 1991, starring Sally Fields, called "Not Without My Daughter."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Not_Without_My_Daughter

It was the based on the true story of an American who married an Iranian Muslim,, and when they go to visit his family in Iran, he deceived her and tells her she cannot leave, and then shows his true Muslim colors and abuses her.

The movie did really bad at the box office, but has been on TV many times. It was criticzed for "falsely representing the Iranian people and Islam", but the truth is it represented many true stories.

It has been on Lifetime several times. I guess the writers thought they would depict the "strong mother/woman" story, but the truth is they could not get around the fact that depicting Islam in its true vein could not get beyond political correctness.

[dfwgator]

It has been on Lifetime several times.

LOL, why am I not surprised....I think it was the blueprint for all Lifetime movies (aka The Man-Bashing Channel)

[rfreedom4u]

I suggested that movie to her but she refused to watch it. I did get my daughter to watch it but of course she already states that there is no way in hell she will even date a muslim much less marry one.

[Cecily]

That movie didn’t portray all Iranians or Muslims in a bad light. It showed Betty being helped by pro-Western Iranians and by Kurds.

[Ax]

I was TDY TO Baghdad during the Iran-Iraq war. Several of westerners gathered at a hotel bar for drinks once a week. There was one American lady in our group. She was always waiting for word of her husband, who was an Iraqi citizen who was conscripted when they went to Iraq to visit his family. His unit was in the south and was engaged with the Iranian fanatics daily. She was still waiting when I left.

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