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Please don't communicate with me any more. If you have married a Saudi that's all I need to know. My knowledge of Islam does not come from watching television - I lived in Saudi Arabia for two years and Turkey for one, so I do have some direct experience with Muslim societies. When your husband absconds to the KSA with your child, then talk to me about the wonders of Islam.

Masalaama!

Please don't communicate with me any more. If you have married a Saudi that's all I need to know. My knowledge of Islam does not come from watching television - I lived in Saudi Arabia for two years and Turkey for one, so I do have some direct experience with Muslim societies. When your husband absconds to the KSA with your child, then talk to me about the wonders of Islam.

GOOD FOR YOU!! I wanted to say somewhat the same to her - re: married to a Saudi. But you have the knowledge to back up your statement - thanks.

"When your husband absconds to the KSA with your child, then talk to me about the wonders of Islam."

What the heck does this have to do with Islam? Men who kidnap their daughters and run away like cowards to KSA where their mothers can't reach them aren't acting as Muslims! In the event of a divorce, Islamic shariah dictates that the mother shall have custody of all minor children under the age of 10 unless she is physically unable to care for them or unwilling to take them, or unless a court has found her an unsuitable mother. Then, once the children are of an age to make their own decision (usually around the age of 10), they are asked whether they wish to remain with their mother or stay with their father. THAT is how it's SUPPOSED to be done. Why do you judge all Muslims based on the actions of the few who don't follow it the way they should and just so happen to make the news? The best among us rarely if ever make the news. If I were to judge every group based on the horrible few I see on the news, I'd think all white men were UniBombers and Branch Davidians and OK City bombers...I'd think all Germans were Nazis...I'd think all black men were rapists and held up liquor stores. BUT I DON'T. I have the common sense to realize that just because a few of that type of person does something wrong, that doesn't mean they ALL do it that way!

And I'm brainwashed? Sure, THAT makes a lot more sense than I just wanted to find out information for myself so I read about it and researched it and came to my own conclusions. Sure...someone kidnapped me and brainwashed me, like Elizabeth Smart. Yep. That's what happened. COME ON. I love it how when someone disagrees with someone else, they automatically jump to the conclusion that that other person is brainwashed, just because they believe differently. Like you must be SO RIGHT on EVERYTHING that there is NO POSSIBLE WAY anyone could have a different point of view. Hey, I'm GLAD you don't think the same way I do...the world would be a pretty boring place if everyone was just like me or just like you. I know I wouldn't want to live in a place like that...how dull. Kudos to you for having a different opinion. That is your right, and nobody on here can say that I have ever or will ever in my life say that people don't have the right to their own opinions. BUT SO DO I.