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    Muslim marriage for foreigners - cultural question

    You can get a full work permit with a spousal residence visa.
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    Muslim marriage for foreigners - cultural question

    This sentence makes me think that everything will be fine. To even have entertained this option she must have already escaped the childhood indoctrination that she had. Also, the fact that the parents have some money and the eldest siblings also seem to have good jobs is very positive. Hope it...
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    Muslim marriage for foreigners - cultural question

    I did it in Bangkok (followed by registration at catsip) but that was 2012, no idea if it is possible anymore. But since the op seems to be okay with converting, then he might as well do that since it is easier and cheaper.
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    Child Leaving the country with a new British passport

    You definitely need an affidavit to be able to go through passport control either way. The only problem is I think from memory you need the permission\documents of the mother to get an affidavit. Unless you could prove you have sole custody maybe? I suggest you go to the local immigration office...
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    Muslim marriage for foreigners - cultural question

    One important consideration, I'm not sure if you have mentioned it before, is the financial situation of her family. If they are poor or lower middle class then you could potentially have a long list of things that you have to pay for over the years, some religion-related and some not, depending...
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    Michael vs Michael. 🎯 What a great game.

    I'm not going to start watching until it gets to the later stages. This is still basically part of qualification in my eyes.
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    Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?

    I have never questioned anything about the leading figures in Islam. Pointing out that Indonesia is not implementing the religion properly isn't 'dishing it out' it's just a statement of fact.
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    Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?

    Incidentally I just spent a great couple of weeks in Malaysia. Didn't hear a mosque loudspeaker once, and only even saw about 3. And it's literally an islamic country. Indonesia has got the implementation of it seriously and haramly wrong.
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    Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?

    Jesus was the son of God, not a prophet. It's written in the bible. How would you like it if people start saying incorrect things about your top guy on a public forum?
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    Muslim marriage for foreigners - cultural question

    I was thinking, they can't be that conservative if their daughter doesn't even practice islam. Maybe she does and hides it from you, or it's dormant and will re-emerge after marriage? That's kind of what happened to me.
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    Muslim marriage for foreigners - cultural question

    I never converted and her family didn't object (they could see the money coming later on I guess), but to be honest Islam has proven a problem throughout our marriage. Just wait till you have children, it gets way worse. Since your gf has very conservative parents and is asking you to carry out...
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    Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?

    We all understand Indonesian society and why it's impossible to close these schools. It is also a major reason why the country is so uneducated and will never escape being a poor country. Both things can be true.
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    Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?

    While a standard secular school in Indonesia typically offers just 2 to 3 hours of general religious education per week, a madrassah breaks Islamic studies down into five distinct, specialized subjects. This adds up to about 10 to 12 hours of religious and Arabic instruction per week, out of...
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    Shortage of 498,000 teachers in Indonesia next year?

    It's like when Trump says he 'loves the uneducated'. That is true even more in Indonesia. If politicians can focus on kids learning the Quran and not learning things that are actually useful and educational, then it makes it much easier for them to do all the corruption, because most people...
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    Weakening IDR

    The effects of the weakening rupiah and oil shock finally coming through. Pertamax 92 increased from 12,300 to 16,250, an increase of 32% !
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    Northern France, advice

    The tapestry is currently on loan to the British museum in London, and the French may even get it back one day.
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    Weakening IDR

    Another new week, another lurch downwards for the rupiah. Currently 18185.
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    Unlimited KITAP

    Nothing says confidence in the validity of your own religion better than saying that if anybody leaves it they will be put to death. I don't think even Scientology goes that far.
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    Unlimited KITAP

    Totally agree, it makes about as much sense as saying that Manchester United supporters can only get married to other Manchester United supporters.
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    Unlimited KITAP

    There is a Western concept of 'substance over form' - you find out the substance of a particular transaction or action not just look at its legal form. However Indonesian society is based on 'form over substance'. No one cares what the underlying reality is, it is how it looks that is...

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