Need information please

awaled wrote:

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She already said, " Please keep stupid, useless comments to yourself".

@ ctaylor74 - Really looks difficult unless you change your religion to Muslim. Keep us updated, might help people in the same situations. Thanx and  Good Luck in advance.

ctaylor74 wrote:

I am an American woman (Christian) who wants to marry a Saudi man.  He is not a practicing Muslim and cannot move to the US.  All the information I have found on the subject of marriage pertains to women who convert to the Muslim religion.  Oh the other piece of the puzzle is that I am older than him, by more than 10 years, and I have a son from a previous relationship with an American.  Any information that you can provide is greatly appreciated.  Please keep stupid, useless comments to yourself.  Although I have a great sense of humor, this is a serious inquiry and I have no interest or time to waste on ridiculousness.   Thanks! C

Goodluck..! Muslim men can marry non-muslim women, but it should not be a pagan, or be just either a jew or a christian (or what they call, the people of the book - or something). If you should marry him, I guess, you should just go on the legalities of applying for marriage at an islamic court (he should explain those judges or imams about that ruling of marrying people of the book!). But I guess, to make things easier, you can just embrace Islam, and since he can't move to the U.S. on reasons we dont know, i hope, you'll take all the courage to stay here in K.S.A. with him - and just how (if he will sponsor you - but it would have been better not to invest to much emotions in this long-distance relationship).
Actually, in the Philippines, i heard of some people, do the marriage ceremony online!

Hi
The reality is that in this country nothing is sure, what matter is only your LUCK, if you are lucky enough you can get through even for impossible things but if luck is not in your favour then you will not get even simple things.
So better to go for that and lets see how they come back to you instead of getting information's from different sides,
You can marry with a Saudi guy and he can bring you here and I think your son as well(But you have to check for son)
Rest on your Luck
We wish you good luck
Have a good time!

Legally and religiously, a Muslim man can marry a Christian woman, even in Saudi Arabia, and even if he is Saudi.  Practically, however, it would make it a heck of a lot easier if you were to convert.

You should also be aware of the handful of Western women married to Saudis who have become prisoners in this country, unable to leave, unable to travel, etc., as well as cases where they have been divorced and thus forced to leave the country and to leave their young children behind in Saudi, and never be able to see them again.  In all such cases, the non-Saudi wife pretty much has no recourse to law, and even more so if the husband is influential and rich.  Stories can be found easily on the Internet, on actual blogs made by the victims.

You MUST go through these links, and if you still want to go ahead with it, the procedure is linked as well:

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=18191https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=32325http://taraummomar.wordpress.com/saudi- … permissionhttp://taraummomar.wordpress.com/2012/0 … hree-yearshttp://taraummomar.wordpress.com/2010/0 … ry-z-and-bhttp://www.blueabaya.com/2011/03/saudi- … ccess.html

Official procedure:
http://www.makkah.gov.sa/procedures/2/2

Thank you for the information.  He is not a practicing Muslim, and says that as long as I am Christian, a priest  (or pastor, can't remember what he called him) can marry us.  He cannot move here because of his job.  Saudi govt found out he applied for a US resident visa and threatened action.  I don't want to reveal too much about his job but he is privy to classified information.  So the harsh reality is that he has to stay in Saudi Arabia or Dubai.

Thank you very much.  I keep telling him to stay positive as he feels there is very little hope since his plans to move to the US have been squashed.  I know it does rest mainly on luck, and I pray often for everything to work out.