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To: gamesmistress who wrote (57945)	11/20/2002 11:26:03 AM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Re Just about any community that is fervent about its religion and bases a good deal of its identity on that is likely to be an uncomfortable place to live for someone who is of a different religion You are talking about an extreme religious community, again. Are all Jewish communities anywhere on earth like this? My personal experience is that there is no problem living in the same community with Jewish people - you go to school together, get to be good friends, etc but it is when their sons and daughters want to marry a non-Jew that you see how much they value their own above others. can you tell me if "the Muslim community" welcomes a non-Muslim (i.e. Jewish) spouse into their ranks? They don't initially "welcome" a bride or groom of another religion, but what I have observed is that the resistance is not as bad. A high school (Muslim girl) friend of mine got married to a Cohen two years ago, and I could tell you of the ordeals they went through to get the Jewish guy's parents to accept this marriage and you would not believe me. Of course, I am talking about places moderate enough that you would have a Jewish population. I cannot say that in Iraq or Iran, a Muslim family would be OK with their daughter marrying a Jewish guy.