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Courting in itself can be a challenge, but being in a culture that is different than the one that you are accustomed to can make it ten times harder. As the article in “Seeing Sociology the News” the author’s main character is a Muslim amongst the young American college scene. Even though he valued his traditional courtship rituals, he was being exposed to the more free coed lifestyles. Things such as hanging out at friends with the opposite sex would be considered sinful. Even as the young college student found the woman whom he hoped to marry, he felt convicted to follow his customs, he would have to ask her family to even take her to dinner. Already the fact that she was not prearranged would go against his family traditions. Courtship would not be the only differences he would have to deal with as an American Muslim, but the way he raised his children, the way carries his family will be very different from the country he has chosen his home. Many people decide to live in a country that has a completely different system than what is within their cultural norms. So the fight to abide in their set traditions is a daily decision. I can’t imagine what it is to be with my family a beach, covered complete and exposing only my face, and at the same time the woman around me are wearing string bikinis without a care in the world. To an American we can live with one and other before we make a life- long commitment, and as Muslim they must get an approval from both parent, even before having their first date.

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John J. Macionis, Society, the Basics, 2009, Pearson Education Inc; pg.

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