4 year old girl playing with baby dolls

[B9r0kre]

I'm british, and married to a moroccan Muslim. We have a an almost 5 year old daughter, who's full of life. She loves playing with barbies, and baby dolls. I've never thought anything of it, other than an innocent little girl imitating parents by having a baby doll. She bathes it, tucks the doll into bed etc, and It melts my heart because she's so gentle and kind. I've grown up playing with them, and it's totally normal in our background... 2 nights ago, my daughter had wrapped the baby up and was hushing it to sleep (whilst I was hushing her baby brother to sleep)... and he flipped. He told our daughter to "get out his face with that doll" and got upstairs. He started calling me immature, that i have no brain cells and that im literally encouraging her to have babies early, and my British background knows nothing on raising morally upright children. Apparently playing with dolls is corrupting her childhood.
This crushed me, because she loves playing with them😭 Im still in shock now, and keeps replaying the conversation in my head.
Im not a Muslim, but im the one buying her islamic learning bits, I decorate for ramadan and teach her what I can about the prophets and Allah, and Im the one who always has to compromise on everything.... but this doesn't sit right with me.

I want other Muslim mothers perspective and advice please x

Sorry to say this but from experience with a husband of that background you'll never be a good enough mother, whatever you do.
I'd also be very wary of how you daughter is treated by your husband compared to her brother.

Why are you the one bending to his views and wishes, if he wants the children to follow his faith then he should be the one leading that unless you've converted which from your post I'm assuming not, apologies if this isn't the case.
Personally I'd be thinking seriously about wether you want to say in the relationship as from experience you'll never be seen as good enough when it comes to motherhood in their opinion.

@starmoonsun Was he moroccan? Thanks for sharing 💕 I've brushed everything under the carpet, but not when it comes to my kids. I just wanted other muslim mothers opinions, and whether I was in the wrong or he is, as Im not very informed when it comes to islam

Are you Muslim, @starmoonsun ?

@B9r0kre this is not about your husband's background or 'their opinion'. It's about one man's very strange reaction to a thing that's normal in Arab cultures as well as British. There are some Muslims who don't agree with dolls because of the faces, but in those instances they still allow dolls of a sort. From what you've said it sounds like he has used the dolls as an excuse to snap about something else that's on his mind. Do you get on well? Are there problems in the marriage? Has he ever spoken to you like this before? It is not acceptable behaviour and he should apologise and try to communicate what's really on his mind respectfully.

He’s weird.

How are you getting on Op?