A Different Take: I can't stay to topic on my own serious thread here...
A Different Take: I can't stay to topic on my own serious thread here...
“El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"
Aragorn (8th May 2019), Dreamtimer (10th May 2019), Elen (9th May 2019)
Another insight here is that immigrant cultures maintain their culture and language at home to preserve it. Speaking English outside of the home is a sort of a barrier to their personal and private lives.
“El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"
Aragorn (8th May 2019), Dreamtimer (10th May 2019), Elen (9th May 2019)
We see the same thing over here among Arabic (and in Belgium, predominantly Moroccan) immigrants, and with their second- and third-generation descendants who were born here. They will also (almost) exclusively marry another Muslim, and for that matter, of the same ethnicity. It doesn't happen very often that a Turkish immigrant (or a descendant thereof) will marry a Moroccan immigrant (or a descendant thereof). But then again, many Islamic cultures usually feature pre-arranged marriages, and especially for girls. Boys are somewhat freer to choose and will as such be able to more easily get out from underneath a pre-arranged marriage.
Those who do not follow these practices are the more progressive ones. Their women also don't cover their heads anymore, even though they are usually still Muslim at heart. But it's rare, in part because many of the progressive Arabic or Turkish people here fear the reactions of the more conservative ones, who make up for the vast majority.
I've known a Moroccan girl who was quite emancipated, and for a while she was even married to a guy whom I knew from school ─ he was a thoroughbred Flemish guy. The girl didn't cover her head and I don't think she was still a Muslim either, but she was terrified of the idea that another Moroccan would catch her while she was smoking a cigarette. That was absolutely taboo among their culture.
Their marriage didn't last very long, though. The guy was cheating on her ─ and with more than one woman too ─ and he forced his wife to have an abortion when she got pregnant,. Eventually they got a divorce. He's an alcoholic now. It's a pity how he threw his life away, because he was a very smart guy, and he even held a fairly high position at a company at some point. But he liked partying too much.
= DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR =
Dreamtimer (10th May 2019), Elen (9th May 2019), Emil El Zapato (8th May 2019)
ouch, yeah that is painful for sure... and all too typical in all regards.
“El revolucionario: te meteré la bota en el culo"
Dreamtimer (10th May 2019), Elen (9th May 2019)