In Syria Can a Muslim woman legally marry a Christian man without him having to Convert to Islam?

Question

this isnt a religious question, just one out of curiosity, I know a Lebanese girl whose father christian and mother muslim.

I hear in Egypt such a thing is illegal but I wonder in Syria is it the same?

Answer 1

well that wouldnt make much since cuz the islam bible says that muslims are suppose to hate jews and christians...

Answer 2

it is illegal 4 a muslim woman marry a christian man. she can marry a muslm man

Answer 3

No, man should convert to muslim first.

Answer 4

That wouldn't be right,  Islamic legislations are the same wherever you are.

The man should convert to Islam otherwise the children will be born and raised as christians.

and for the first answerer: there is no such thing as the slam Bible= the book is called :" Quraan".

Answer 5

I am syrian from the capital i really have an uncle that have traveled to Russia so he lived there and learned there and he is muslim so he fell in love with a christian woman which is so beauteful she is totally nice so what happened they had no problem on the religoin i just want to mention that syrians don't care about religions at all even though my parents don't

so they had a daughter she does what ever her mother tells her to but she follows her mothers religon she lives now in Russia she doesn't know the syrian language but every year she comes and visits us in syria she really wears and does our traditons she is so sweat i really love her and once she goes back to Russia she gets normal so that's it.

i really wanted to mention that it is okay but some religous famileies doen't eccept it.

i live in Michigan now but i am syrian

Answer 6

Syria is a secular country and there are no particular laws about religion, however, there are unwritten (cultural, perhaps is a better term) laws inherent to Syrian society. In many cases- particularly among the lower classes- a non-Muslim is "required" to convert to Islam in order to mary a Muslim girl. A non-Muslim girl, however, is permitted to keep her religion if she marries a Muslim man. Again, I must point out that there is no law requiring this, however, Syrian respect for culture and tradition has put pressure on many to maintain this rule. Still, in order to fully understand this rule, a brief explanation of Syrians and there religions is necessary.

Contrary to popular belief, Syria's Muslim, Christian, and Jewish (yes, there are Syrian Jews) communities get along with each other very well. The mentality among Syrians is that all truly religious people will be granted salvation in the end so there's no need to debate whose  religion is the right one. On the contrary, Syrians will purposely engage tourists in conversations about religion not to show how they (the tourists) are wrong, but how they are right to believe what they do. Due to this high level of religious tolerance, marriage conversions are viewed merely as formalities. Again, I must point out that this practice primarily found among the lower classes, and is rapidly dying out.

Answer 7

Syria has a law in place which says anyone marrying a non-Arab will need permission from the court in Syria.