Interfaith_marriage_in_Islam
In Islam, the permissibility for Muslims to engage in interfaith marriages is outlined by the Quran: it is permissible, albeit discouraged, for a Muslim man to marry non-Muslim women as long as they are identified as being part of the "People of the Book" and it is not permissible for a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim man.[2] Thus, traditional interpretations of Islamic law do recognize the legitimacy of a Muslim man's marriage (nikaah) if he marries a non-Muslim woman, but only if she is Jewish or Christian.[3] On the other hand, a Muslim woman may not marry a non-Muslim man.[3][4] Additionally, it is required in Islam that the children of an interfaith marriage be Muslim.[5][6]
In some societies outside of Muslim-controlled territory, interfaith marriages between Muslims and non-Muslims are not uncommon, including marriages that, in Sunni Islam, contradict the historic understanding of ijmāʿ (the consensus of fuqāha) as to the bounds of legitimacy.[7] The tradition of reformist and progressive Islam, for example, permits marriages between Muslim women and non-Muslim men;[8] Islamic scholars opining this view include Guyanese-American professor Khaleel Mohammed, American activist Daayiee Abdullah, and Sudanese politician Hassan al-Turabi, among others.[9]