How do people treat non-Muslim wives?

Answer 1

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There are two influences on how the wives of Muslims are treated. One is the cultural or legal contexts of the country in which they live. The other is from the teachings of Islam.

According to Islam, a man may have up to four wives if he can afford to do so, but Western countries and even some Muslim-majority countries legally require no more than one wife. In Western countries, a wife is treated under law as equal to her husband, although this can be hard to enforce, except in cases of divorce or property settlement.

Culturally, a wife is permitted to be mistreated in some Muslim-majority countries. Nominally, the husband is dominant outside the home and the wife is dominant inside the home, but this often means no more than that it is the wife's job to do all the work in the home. In spite of the wife supposedly being dominant in the home, the husband may take it upon himself to inflict corporal punishment on her. One view is that the husband should first forcibly impose sex and only then corporal punishment.

A wife should be treated with respect, and in most cases is. However, where Sharia law is applicable, she has fewer rights than her husband.

Answer 2

Answer 1 The non-Muslim wife (Christian or Jewish); if married to a Muslim husband; is treated with mutual respect, kindness, forgiveness, and is allowed to practice all her religion rituals at home and outside.

Answer 2
It depends entirely on who the husband is. Non-Muslim women marry all kinds of men from various faiths and non-faith and encounter all kinds of living situations. Some are tragically abusive and violent while others are incredibly warm and embracing. Every husband treats his wives differently, because of his being a unique person, regardless of what ethnicity, race, religion, philosophy, etc. he belongs to.

Answer 3

I treat non-Muslims very well, thank you.

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