To ask what you think when you see a white woman and a Muslim man?

Wouldn't even notice it, but I know white women who have converted to Islam after marrying a Muslim and they have experienced what you describe.

It must be very annoying.

I'll bite - seeing as I have friends who follow the Muslim faith. And ironically, I seem to attract attention from a fair few Muslim men (in Britain) whom are more than aware I'm of no religious faith. Don't ask me why because I don't know why - I'm far from some beauty.

I'd not blink twice as I don't typically pay attention, but, if you asked me to think about it - I'd be surprised, honestly - for a couple of reasons. Bear with me.

For starters, I find it hard to imagine how I'd know they were in a relationship, unless I knew the people personally. Muslims, generally don't typically tend to display public affection in quite the same way that non-Muslim people (particularly of the West), do. Without PDA I'd struggle to automatically assume anybody was a couple, regardless what their religious faith was. I'd struggle to assume any woman that a Muslim man was in public with, was his partner, for just the same reason I suppose. It could be family, in laws, whatever, really. Just as it could be with any non-Muslim man.

Secondly, I understand it is haram for a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim man - but, I assumed, perhaps wrongly (hopefully someone can answer this for me, as I've never thought to ask my friends this) this would be absolutely the same, vice versa. I would, have at one time, presumed an outwardly practising man, would want to enter in a relationship with a fellow Muslim, probably outwardly practising also, but I've also met plenty of couples where this is not the case, and the woman does not 'outwardly' practise, if that makes sense. So I'd no longer think that.

That's about as far as it would go, really. Because I'm also very aware of plenty of Muslim women in Britain who do not wear hijab. So it's all moot.

I guess that means that if I even thought about it, I'd automatically assume she was of Muslim faith too. Is it haram for a Muslim man to have a relationship with a non Muslim woman?

I would honestly be really suprised if I saw a Muslim man dressed in full Islamic dress, clearly in a relationship (walking around holding hands?) with a woman in very clearly non-muslim dress (not wearing a Hijab, not dressed particularly modestly). Not judgemental, just... confused.
Other than that, I wouldn't exactly judge a white non-muslim woman dating a muslim. But in my experience, it would be unlikely to lead to marriage etc. So if it was a friend I would be advising caution of they were seeing it as a long term thing. I know a lot of South Asian men who had White British girlfriends (same age as them, nowt dodgy) but ultimately ended up marrying someone from a more similar background.

Islam is a religion, not a race.

She is expressing her opinion to which she's entitled, and as the OP requested. You have a problem with that?

There are plenty of white Muslims.

What you mean is what would any of us think seeing a white woman with a non white man.

I would think nothing of it, doubt if I would even notice.

To ask what you would think if you saw a
A priest, monk or rabbi with a woman, a a man and a woman, two women, two men, lgbtq with a partner the list of possibilities are endless and fantastic. Do you know what? none of them give a shit about what you think about them.

Without a hijab I wonder if she is a secret girlfriend. I was that girlfriend. I was revealed eventually, it was too difficult after that and we broke up.

Totally agree with you.
Get to know people for who they are.

I honestly wouldn't even probably notice or if I do it wouldn't even register as something to care about as I have enough things on my mind. Honestly op, I am oblivious to most people around me, just get on with my own stuff 😬

I saw a couple the other day, they were in their late 50s and I thought how great it was. I don’t know why, I just liked the idea of integration. It made me feel hopeful.

Do you mean a devout Muslim (of any nationality), or do you mean a man of Arab/ Pakistani/ Iranian/ etc origin?
beca there is quite a difference…. The former… I would be surprised if the woman was without a headscarf. The latter…. I wouldn’t really think anything at all.

A person’s name can be a clue, but even then, it isn’t a reliable clue.

True. I've known a few ginger white guys with names like Ademi Ngeboze and Rajinder Singh.

How is that virtue signalling?
Term that's wheeled out for anything people can't respond to or dislikes it seems

Wow the judgment.

Oh stop virtue signalling.

How does one woman ‘perceive’ whether another woman is born into an Islamic family? Putting clothes aside (and remembering that many Muslim women dress no differently from you: my Muslim grandmother never even wore a headscarf except for prayers, being from a country that was keen to maintain a secular state, and her daughters sported miniskirts and beehives in the 1960s) how can you look at a woman and decide that she is ‘likely to have been born Muslim?’

If it is down to skin colour, there are white Muslims all over the place. Many brown-skinned women are Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, or Christian. Many black women are Christian. Many people whom you might identify visually as east or southeast Asian are also Muslims, Christians, or other faiths.

And many, no doubt, are athiest, or at least agnostic.

A person’s name can be a clue, but even then, it isn’t a reliable clue.

"But a Muslim woman wouldn’t marry a non Muslim would she"

Are you serious OP?

Where do you live?

Lolz at suspicious medieval peasants 😂

I wouldn't think anything OP.

I have found the level of Islamophobia on the boards this week shocking.
I'm white. I live in London. I know there's a reason many people of colour don't want to live elsewhere. Some of our country is so ignorant & backwards.
I guess it's why we brexited hey.

I lived and worked in a very multi-cultural part of London and I agree that some Muslims are identifiable as Muslim. It was also very common to see couples with different ethnicities and backgrounds so it wasn’t something I particularly noticed.

To answer OP’s question honestly - sometimes when I saw what I perceived to be a non-Muslim born woman with a Muslim man I would wonder how much life in a religion that seems quite paternalistic worried her. And I would hope she was happy. Particularly if the lady was wearing traditional Muslim dress as I’d hope this was her choice.

Sorry @Weallknowfrogsgo I @ the wrong person

I wouldn’t have any feelings. It’s none of my business and it just isn’t necessary to pass any judgment