These are all questions I asked myself a few short years ago when I met the man of my dreams. He was all I could have asked for and so much more. We connected like I never had with another human being! It was amazing! At the time we met, neither of us was actually practicing our faiths but both came from strong backgrounds, he Muslim, and I Christian.

Here I am today, a follower of Jesus. There are many verses that encourage me, one that I think of almost every day is 1 Peter 3:1-2. I am challenged to look at my marriage, not as a mistake, but as a sign of God’s forgiveness, grace and love. I keep praying that my husband will come to know Christ. Let’s discuss this, please leave a comment.

Helpful resources and tips for cross-cultural marriage, especially marriage between Christians and Muslims

Refugee women face particular hardship with poor living conditions, poverty and the lack of access to relief projects. Many Muslim women lose their husbands and fathers as a result of war and conflicts. Muslim women fact additional problems as they are not leaders in their society.

Political leaders and religious figures of some Muslim countries deny the presence of HIV / AIDS in their nations, claiming their immunity to the virus. The unrelenting refusal to acknowledge the HIV crisis adversely affects the people contracting, living, and dying of HIV and AIDS in Muslim communities.

In countries, like Somalia or Afghanistan, children are often used in armed conflict. Of all the children in the Muslim world, the most vulnerable are those who are orphaned or separated from their families. During the Iran / Iraq War boys were sent out in front of the troops dressed in white robes to explode land mines.

It is certain that these last five years has seen the Muslim world groaning in great pain. Wars, earthquakes, tsunamis, daily struggles with poverty, lose of family members plus an emptiness of spirit and soul are things we need to think and pray about for Muslim peoples.

In a list of the world’s poorest nations, Muslim nations, such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Indonesia, make up almost half. Within the 60 poorest nations of the world live 60% of the Muslim world. 75% of the world’s refugees come from Muslim nations. More than half of the world’s poor and needy are Muslims.