I was confronted about this issue recently. I'm from Malaysia and over here interracial marriages are common, but the complications are so mind-boggling and complex-it is impossible to discuss about the matter without consulting an outside source for a second opinion. Since the question has come up, I've been thinking about it and always end up at a dead end.
If a Muslim woman marries a Christian man,of course the man would have to convert-but what if religion was just a barrier between two people who just want to be together? What if the man wants to keep his faith,how does this work?
Being brought up a Muslim, it is a fundamental belief, something that is self-evident that when marrying a person of a different race or religion, the other person would have to convert.This, to me, might not seem fair to the other person as he/she has to do it of thier own free will, and if they dont want to gove up their faith? what then?
Do we give up on the relationship itself? I mean, this might seem like the easiest solution but it is much more complicated than that. There are emotions involved, and if things turn out wrong, both parties may be greviously hurt. Some may say, hurt now, thank later, but what if its already too late?
In the end its just two people who love each other and want to spend the rest of their lives with each other, no one else. And they just happen to be from diffrernt backgrounds and have different religions. How is this solves? CAN it be solved? I'm really confused. Please mail me at

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If you marries a Christian & he does NOT convert,
what is to become of your child? A Muslim? A
Christian? A mix-bag of Christian & Muslim
beliefs? Or both of you just going to sit back &
let the confused child find his own way? If you
are weak, the child will definitely be a
Christian. believe me. Then again, you wouldn't
mind, since you get the man you love so much to be
with you. But in the end, everything will come to
pass. We WILL all face God to be accounted. And
your Christian Child will demand from you why you
did not save him from "Kufur". Will the man you
love so much then will be able to intercede & save
your child in the next world? Only Allah knows.
But then it'll be too late then.

If two people truly love each other, more than they love any other mortal being, on Earth they will only be happy together. Only happy parents can raise good children, that is why marriage is so important.

Children of Muslims are usually Muslim themselves, children of Christians usually stay Christian, because they are forced to believe, because they have no choice, and can't compare the different paths.

If the two parents are of different faiths, its a unique situation.. they will both teach the children what they believe, and when the child grows up, the child will have a CHOICE... and if the child sees that Islam is the right path, the child will take it.

Remember also that it is the mother who mostly raises the children, if the mother is Muslim the children will probably be Muslim too.