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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While the Quran may not have an explicit prohibition against women marrying Christians, in a very deep cultural way it is believed that children are the faith of their fathers.

While a Muslim convert has to say the shehada to become a Muslim, the child of a Muslim man is never expected to say the shehada to prove he or she is Muslim.  This is not unlike the situation in Israel--if someone is the child of a Jewish mother he is automatically considered Jewish even if he or she is an theist.  But if someone is the child of Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, he or she must go through an orthodox conversion process (much more onerous than simply reciting the shehada) in order to be considered Jewish in Israel for civil matters.

In any case, this is why families in the Middle East sometimes conduct honor killings if their Muslim daughter marries a Christian.  Indeed, there are honor killings of Christian women who marry Muslims, even if he has converted to Christianity.  For civil purposes in a country that has Islam as, for want of a better term, the state religion in the latter case the conversion would not be recognized[/quote]

OP here. That may be true but you forget that in Islam a lot of emphasis is placed on the mother. The Prophet has said, 'Paradise lies at the feet of your mother' [Musnad Ahmad, Sunan An-Nasâ’i, Sunan Ibn Mâjah]

Considering the importance given to motherhood and mothers in islam, it makes no sense that a muslim man is allowed to have his children be raised by a christian or jewish mother and children of a Muslim mother are deemed not muslim? Makes no sense.[/quote]
It doesn't.  Religious matters are not often driven by sense.  There is nothing in Islam, as you know, that makes your children non-Muslim because they are born to a Muslim mother and not a Muslim father.  As you no doubt know, Islamic scripture considers all children to be born Muslim in their purest state.  Islamic law may regard your marriage outside of what is permissible in Islam, but it does not affect the religious affiliation of your children.

Assuming you live in a secular state, your children will be whatever you and your husband decide together.  What Islamic law says on the matter is less relevant. [/quote]

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