Muslim dating rules

Muslim women often carry much of the responsibility for family welfare—health of family members, harmony in relationships, and success of children.

These can be deep daily concerns for women, especially in countries without good health facilities or education, facing issues of drought or war.

Western women are usually more focused on their phones or tablets.

Dress choices that may look intimidating to us are usually about modesty. For example, in Cairo women want to wear bright, matching colours and patterns of dress and scarf.

Moreover, women become impure for a week each month. But the people in Jesus’ day constantly thought about purity and requirements for washing before religious duties.

Careful washing rituals are the means to restore purity.

They also talked about how to live godly lives in the pressure of the world, or with spouses, who weren’t religious.

are often more ready to chat with me than women in western dress.

Women may be more anxious about these areas than about theological issues or questions.

So they are very conscious of the many negative forces that can affect them and their families.