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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would there be a problem if you out earn your spouse? Are you required to give a tithe?[/quote]

[b]In Islam, if a women chooses to earn her own income...it is for her to keep. She is not required to give it to her husband nor use it towards the household expenses. However, a woman who wants to have a stable income, peace and happiness within her family and/or wants to elevate the burden from her husband she can chose to do so, but it is not her religious obligation. Whereas for a man, it is his religious duty to care for his family financially. [/b]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does Islam impose a higher moral standard for how you treat other Muslims than for how you treat non-Muslims?[/quote]

Not OP but Another Muslim poster: nope- a person is a person. [/quote]

A Muslim man once told me if want fine for him to sleep with non-Muslim women outside of marriage but that he would be defiling a Muslim woman if he did that with her before marriage. I found that insulting. What was he talking about?[/quote]

T[b]his is HIS personal opinion and has nothing to do with Islam. In Islam, pre marital sex is a sin, be it with a muslim or a non-muslim.  And Frankly, I dont blame you for finding it insulting because it is!  Basically he is saying he would not sleep with a Muslim because he has more respect for her than a non-muslim. This is a load of crap! Please don't take what one Muslim says and think this is what all Muslims believe in. I am glad you asked.

Muslims are suppose to treat all human beings as humans, we are told to respect all religions and people.  
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[quote=Anonymous]Are their any fun holidays for kids in the Muslim faith (like Christmas or Hanukkah type things)?[/quote]

[b]EID, we celebrate this holiday 2x a year.[/b]

[quote=Anonymous]Can you tell us more about what Eid is?  They sell stamps to commemorate it at the post office, but I never knew what it was about.[/quote]

[b]Basically, Eid is a religious celebration. Both holidays are based on the lunar calendar therefore having varying days from year to year. We have two Eids that take place every year. One is called Eid-ul Adha (the feast of sacrifice), the other is called Eid-ul Fitr (the feast of breaking the fast).

Eid ul Adha is our major festival which honors the willingness of Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act to submit to God's command.  However, God intervened and replaced a lamb to be sacrificed in place of his son.

Eid ul Fitr is a celebrations that marks the end of the Holy month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the month in which Muslims fast for 29-30 days.  
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[quote=Anonymous]Why (according to All-American Muslim) are IVF and other reproductive technology discouraged?

Are you expected to have a lot of kids?  How many is customary?[/quote]

[b]Actually, this is false. Medical technoloy and advances are supported by Muslims. If there are advances made we are encouraged to use them within boundaries.  It depends on what kind of technology we are talking about. For instance with IVF, if a couple is having trouble getting pregnant than they can turn to IVF but within limitations... it has to be within a marriage, the eggs have to be the wifes and the sperm must be the husbands and you can not use a surrogate or donors.

You are not expected to have kids at all but it encouraged in Islam to have children. There is no set number that is required.  It is a personal choice.[/b]

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