DrissandAmy4ever

You're welcome! I hope your husband has a safe trip "home" and enjoys his time with family.

awww thank you ...I hope so too...he misses them so much.

He was there a month and like 3 or 4 days. 25 days shouldn't be a problem at all.

Thank you so much.

My husband is also a green card holder and he went back to Egypt for the first time last fall. Everything went smoothly both going and coming back.

May I ask how long he visited for? My husband intends to stay approx. 25 days.

I'm just curious. My husband is planning a trip to Morocco this fall. He is a valid green card holder. Has anyone had issue upon returning to the USA with customs? He plans to bring all his documents and green card with him but we don't want any issues when he tries to reenter.

It begins tomorrow at sundown, so fasting should begin Wednesday morning

Thank you so much

Can someone please tell me when Ramadan officially begins in the USA? My calendar at work says Tuesday at sundown but my husband works with Muslims and they are beginning tomorrow morning.

Unfortunately if he resides in the home with you, you legally cannot change the locks. However, if you want to get some good proof there is a website called keylogger...you can download the free trial and what this does is take screen shots of all websites he has been on, logs everything he types, tells you every website he visits. Its a great tool for monitoring what your children and husband/wife do online. Then you would have all the proof you needed, including profile names, passwords, and conversations he has had. The other good thing is it still works even after the free trial runs out. If you need help send me a message.

and if only women being treated as second-class citizens were limited to the muslim world! not by a long shot.

thank you julianna.

absolutely agree with you...

Then you need to learn a few other names... and events... Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Lenin, Holodomor, Holocaust, Darfur,Khmer rouge, etc. You cannot even compare the Iraq war to the Holodomor. I am in no way sanctioning innocent deaths, but since you have put a value judgement on it by numbers, then I can clearly say there are bigger incidences.

As you can see, I said "biggest terrorist I KNOW"...but you are absolutely right about the others...disgusting.

This was a terrible way to die. I feel for her. And as for the comment though that she knew what she was doing.. it may surprise you to know that the majority of women/girls who are honor killed in Jordan and accused of messing around with boys and having sex or being pregnant are found to be virgins. Crazily enough, they are not always guilty of the accused crime. Go figure. At any rate, they should be operating under a witness deal, and as you can see they are just bypassing that.

As I stated before, I DO NOT agree with what they did...but if the girl had already been beaten before for talking to boys, you would think going to the police after this happened, she would reconsider the next time. In my own personal opinion...I dont think there is anything wrong with talking to boys. It's talking. However, if I had been beaten by my father for talking to boys...u can bet ur bottom I would think twice about it the next time.

FYI to the above poster (NickD): Torah does not limit women but places the same restrictions on all peoples, male and female, who are not Levite priests. Understanding fail. Women go through regular periods on uncleanliness which would cause them to be unable to function as a priest. Uncleanliness is not equal to sin, either. It's just a state of being and has nothing to do with sin.

I was talking to the person above my post, Lisa.

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All I'm going to say is that I certainly dont confuse Polictics with Religion. Our fine government does that for me. And you are right, we dont hear about killings from a christian stand point everyday on the news...thanks to the fine media system we have. Someday you are going to realize that everything that is fed through the media is done so for a reason. I'm not going to sit and debate this with you...because as I am sure...you have had your beliefs and opinions your whole life...just as that Turkish man who killed his daughter has. I respect your opinion because it is just that, your opinion. And while I can say that I agree with some of your opinion...I dont agree with you completely. Its completely a shame that people have to characterize people because of their religion. Why cant they just be people. For someone to portray an entire religion because some psychotic screwball recites something from the Quran before blowing himself up, is rediculous. That's like me saying because someone said "oh god" before he/she shoots someone on the street here would mean he/she is a christian terrorist. ha ha rediculous

What do I care? Hrmm, when they hijack planes and fly them into fking US buildings....when they riot with signs like 'DEATH TO THE AMERICAN INFIDEL', yeah, I care.

Absolutely agree that's when you should care. Makes me mad as hell to. But that's not what this thread is about. It's about the "old" beliefs that its ok to kill your daughter if she doesn't to the "right thing". Look, I feel sorry for this girl too...I think its absolutely wrong. But, this girl knew what she was doing. She knew what would happen to her if she dishonored her family. And like Sara said...just because certain individuals go around blowing things up and killing innocent people and carry an arabic name, does not make them muslims. And its absolutely wrong to blame all muslims for what a few cowards do. When a man here rapes and kills his child do we say "oh that christian is a terrorist?" How about George Bush? He is a religious man. He's the biggest terrorist I know. He sent troops to iraq and blew up many houses/buildings with many many innocent people in them. All I am saying is ...let them live their lives the way they want to and have for hundreds of years. If they dont like it and ASK for our help...by all means...go there and make change for them. But if they aren't asking...stay the hell out of it. IT'S NOT OUR BUSINESS.

your talking about people that are only muslim by name thats it........

sara

Thank you Sara.

I think it's a bit disingenuous to imply that there is not a rampant problem among the Muslim community. Honor killings/suicide bombers/the way women are treated as second class citizens...come on now.

That's your opinion and you are certainly entitled to it. But if you are not a muslim and you dont live in those countries...what do you care? Are they killing you or your family? Are they coming into your home bothering you with thier thoughts and beliefs? No they aren't. What may seem strange to you, is absolutely normal for them.

look...here is my take on this...there is no doubt about it..what these people did to their daughter is absolutely wrong. of course we are going to have issues with it. If you want to fix it...move to Turkey...become a citizen and make change (good luck with that). My husband is a muslim and even he agrees its wrong what they did to this girl. However, its not for us to go sticking our nose in their business. That's the problem with the United States. We always want to be the hero. Dont get me wrong, I love my country and am very proud to be an American. However, we need to take a step back and let these countries live their own lives, with their own rules. How far do you think another country would get if they came here trying to make change? Not far at all!!

Because ignoring people's cultural norms and telling them how they should behave has been shown to be a really effective strategy, as history so beautifully illustrates.

AMEN!!!!

Welcome to VJ. Hope your process gets better soon :-)

Being an American my entire life I think the best thing I like about it is that you are free to leave anytime you wish. Sorry, dont mean to be a poop but you chose to come here, as others said, look at the bright side of things, not the negatives.

Yikes...very scarey

Same here, we are in upstate NY and sent to california ...no interview and we were approved.

don't mess with the gecko or he'll raise your auto insurance rates...

ha ha its ok...i'm not too worried about it.

Forget about that the Underwear Bomber had a visa. He traveled from Nigeria to Detroit WITHOUT A PASSPORT!

Attack - yes. Personal - no.

It's ok to attack whole groups of people. For example,

"All Mexicans are lazy."

"All Pakis are smelly."

"All Muslims are terrorists."

"All Filipinas are gold diggers."

It's not ok to say "DrissandAmy4ever is ..."

ahhhh gotcha...so instead of calling you an idiot i should have said all "mawilson's" are idiots. sorry...my apologies.

Personal attack - reported!

and your response wasn't a personal attack to muslims? you obviously dont know a thing about muslims ...only what the media tells you, because if you did, you would realize just how stupid your response was.

If I were a Muslim born in Africa, I would blow myself up ASAP.

Intelligent answer...idiot.