Non Muslim half of a Muslim Wedding..what's going to happen?

seriously, they can be quite different--you will sign a marrige contract and--it just depends

sometimes they have a party for everyone and then a party for guys and one for girls seperately --there are so many different variables....

it also depends on how religious he is

I say have your own party with your girlfriends whatever the case may be....

EDIT: your wali could be another muslim - you just need to trust your wali as they are looking out for you

What you wear really will depend on his custom as not all muslims wear the same attire. Some muslim countries wear similar clothing to hindu. I am marrying a muslim, but we are getting married in the USA and having an american wedding, but I have looked at the customs for morocco where he lives. I know in his culture the bride has about 4 or 5 different colors of dresses with tiaras and jewelry to match. Usually before the actual ceremony the bride and groom are already legally married. I foung this site that I hope will help some. You might do another search engine for egyptian wedding customs if this one doesnt provide enough information. http://students.washington.edu/lorismit/wedding/3_...

your guardian-not exactly sure if you do need one since you have been married before (check with an imam or sheikh)- basically has the big part.

he decides on the maher-bride price- this goes directly to you. in the quran this money is for the woman and no one else. its divided into two parts-the muqadam which is paid before the actual signing of the contract and the muakhar which is paid in case of divorce or anything else. you can include any conditions you want into the contract as can your husband. and when i say anything i mean anything-here in the middle east women sometimes include how often their husbands must go out/travel with them.

the sheikh asks you if you have any conditions and if you accept. you say yes. in some cases i've heard that the woman has to say yes x amount of times but i was only asked once. then your wali and husband recite some verses that get both of you married. its pretty simple.

mine lasted about 5 minutes.

ohh and you need 2 male witnesses.

the islamic wedding is as simple as getting the four basic things that makes it valid

1 proposal and acceptance between the two individuals

2 approval of your wali (compulsory)

3 bride price to be give by the husband-to-be to the wife-to-be

4 withnesses from both families. that's all. every other thing is just an icing on he cake.

it can be as short as 5 minutes so long all necessary conditions are met and the officiating personnel goes straight to the goal of the day.

YOU NEED A WALI. in instance where your father is no more ,the next male person in the family, who could be regagrded as your father comes in. In case non of your family member is a muslim, or they are not just in for the wedding ( aftert all valid conditions for you to get married have been met), the Kadi (judge of the province,) or the Imam, could stand as your wali,

Allah know's best.

I'm a christian myself but attended a Muslim wedding last year. The actual ceremony was held at a different venue to the 'reception' and was private. The 'reception' was a dinner with men and women seated in different rooms to eat. Meals were vegetarian and eaten with the right hand only. There was no party as we know it only a viewing of the bride and groom after eating in which case the bride kept her face mostly covered for modesty and she wore a beautiful red sari and lots and lots of gold jewelry. hope this helps.

ask the women in his family.

they will know everything that goes on in the ceremony and what u should wear.

what is a wali?

u need a Sari

oh yeah and in response to the one who said eat with the right hand only --- thats because u wipe ur bottom with ur left hand mostly so u eat with right

i find that stupid tho because u wear ur wedding ring on ur left.

i guess thats another way of showing wedding is a piece of shiat lol.

idk lol

my husband is muslim and we had a very small muslim ceremony. it wasnt even much of a ceremony, actually (i.e., it was not a big party-like celebration).

my husband and i had the Imam come to his brother's house. my husband's older brother stood in place of their father, and the Imam asked my permission to represent my father which i agreed to.

it was all in arabic so i don't know what, precisely, went on, although his brother translated. the Imam read passages from the Koran and detailed to us our duties to each other as husband and wife (how i was responsible for his well being, and he was responsible for mine, in short). they basicly drew up a contract where my husband and my father's representative negotiated an amount of money to pay to me (which, i suppose would have actually gone to my father if he was there) in order to marry me (i know others who have literally been given cattle as part of the marriage bargain!), so i suppose that is a payment the husband gives to the wife's father to get married to the daughter. and there was also a negotiated sum of money that my husband must pay me if we are to ever get a divorce. and then that was more or less that, and we, along with other gathered friends, ate a lot of food!!! the main point was that we needed two male witnesses there, one to act as his father and one to act as mine (although, the Imam may have acted as mine as my actual witness does not speak Arabic, either).

but, obviously, our ceremony was very small (we're practical people, and would rather spend our money travelling than on a party!). but, he is Berber, too, and i know that when we do go to visit his country next year, they will be having a 3 day ceremony for one of his brothers (but that might be Berber, rather than Islamic, custom).

My husband (Moroccan) and I (American) compromised and had a small mixed party - and just got married on paper, without the ceremony. At our party, his family did pray, but it was mixed (Women mostly stuck to women, men to men, but family danced - there were two other North American women there but both knew someone, so everything was just really smooth. And in Morocco, a paper marriage is totally legal - though most people have parties.

We had cake, almond milk, juice, dates, milk, and listened to mostly Moroccan music though there was at least one Sinatra.

I wore the traditional Moroccan caftan, and I changed my clothes once - do Egyptians do white wedding dresses or something traditional? Perhaps his family wouldn't mind you wearing a Moroccan garment!

Good luck trying to get a blessing from the Catholic church. That's going to be tough.

sure, they're non Muslim. To be Muslim, you could desire to obey everythin Allah has despatched. The Quran refers to those human beings "they persist with areas of the e book and disbelieve in different areas"