Beyond the Veil by Fatema Mernissi

Author:Fatema Mernissi
Format: epub
Publisher: Saqi

LETTER 6

I am employed as a clerk in a company. I have a father who lives in the country far from me. I met a girl I want to marry and I promised to marry her and she promised to marry me. I wrote to my father announcing the news, hoping that he would rejoice with me but he did not. He opposes the marriage. He wants me to marry a woman from the country. I cannot do that because I cannot conceive of my life without this girl anymore and if I try to part from her I might find myself in a situation which is dangerous not only for me but for the Muslim umma as well, and for the Muslim religion too.

Please advise me about what is best for us and our religion.

The love protest voiced by young men is echoed by young women. The most fanatical advocates of the couple’s rights, they write 70 percent of the letters about love.

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