Thread: Islam Conversion for the wedding

Hi all

did anyone had to convert himself to islam in order to marry an Indonesian women? (from catholic to islam)

If yes, may you tell me how to do? how long does it take, and every other advises ....

see you

jérôme

If you marry in Indonesia then you and your partner need to nominate one of five religions (Catholicism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Protestantism). Both partners must nominate the same religion, so either you will need to convert to Islam or your partner to Catholicism.

I married in Bali in July and became a Muslim at the same time. The ceremony began with my declaring my belief in Allah and Muhammed. The person conducting the ceremony will guide you through the words you have to say. Two witnesses are required, and you are given a certificate stating you have become a Muslim and the date and place where this was done.

If you look at the website for the Australian consulate in Bali you will find a lot of information on the requirements to marry in Indonesia.

http://www.bali.indonesia.embassy.gov.a ... e.html#law

Michele

As with just about everything else in Indonesia, variation and flexibility are the key to surviving and prospering here. When I married 17 years ago, I considered converting to Islam for the ceremony. I was told one year of studying by a local imam. Well, we didn't want to wait that long, so my wife converted to Christianity for a week and the $200 we paid for a minister to document the whole thing. Years later, I became a Muslim for reasons other than marriage. The whole process took a few weeks.

On the other hand, I know a fellow who wanted to marry a Muslim woman, and her family arranged a conversion within a day. As I said, everything varies and can be negotiated. Best of luck with the weddding.

Hey Doc! Why the new avatar? Personally, I liked the old one better, but I wait to hear the expert opinions of the ladies.

Rakini...(Michele), well done. Your post was very well written and accurate.

Unfortunately though, these “conversions” are too often taken as trivial consent, and the full impact of this change is not often understood, or appreciated.

Jimbo, I am very sorry, but you have misread my words. Nothing of what I wrote has anything to do with Sharia, nor does anything I write have to do with death.

I have to say, and will say now, that I grow very tired, and very frustrated with so many posts to be found here about Islam, that in fact, relate nothing about the reality of Islam in Indonesia.

This ignorance and misunderstanding of Islam in Indonesia really upsets me a great deal. I have many Islamic friends from all parts of Indonesia. While they never ask me for support to help others understand them, I freely offer my own support to defend these fine men and women.

My Balinese wife Eri, a Hindu/dharma will agree with me 100%. Many of her best friends are from Java, and are Muslim.

Whatever this religiously based perversion is, that seems to have way too much influence in current world politics, it will not find a foot hold in Indonesia.

Oddly enough, it will be Balinese, like my wife, who will fight to see this doesn’t happen.

In Bali most women convert to the religion of her husband (even if she is muslim and he is hindu), but I know that in most parts of Indonesia when you get married to a muslim you convert to Islam, because of the sharia laws.
But I agree with Roy who says that people dont think through what it says to convert.
I have a friend who dont want to conver to Islam when she married her muslim, bali boyfriend. that is a huge problem, to long storie to tell here.

Got tired of the old one. This one is of me as I looked six months ago. At my age, I just feel like changing things around occasionally.

OK dude, or I should say, Dr. Dude...clearly, it is your call. For me, I thought that other avatar of you wearing the hat was VERY GQ. But, as I already said, let's leave this up to the gals. If I carry on anymore, some folks here will put me in the same room as that evangelical guy...Ted. :P :P