By: Tatyana Bellamy-Walker | March 24, 2016
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NYC (WOMENSENEWS)– Before posting images of her boyfriend, 17-year-old Sania Iqbal blocked all her Muslim members of the family from her social networking page. It wasn’t until a younger relative took a screen shot that captured the pictures that she discovered she wasn’t as covert as she thought she was. Her relative revealed the photos to Iqbal’s aunt, who later informed her mother.
“She ended up being angry,†Iqbal, now 18, said in a phone interview. Her mom asked, “Why can you upload images up of both you and him, specially kissing and comprehending that the grouped family members will see away and determine?â€
Iqbal ended up being ashamed her 3-month old relationship a secret that she kept. Her mom was more worried that the pictures failed to mirror well from the family. The truth that Iqbal was in fact sneaking around seemed to come 2nd.
The situation that is whole Iqbal, an Arab-Muslim who lives in Copiague, N.Y., a bittersweet view of relationships. “I experienced to complete every thing behind my moms and dads’ back [and] i did son’t like that,†she said.
Whether in reaction to an Islamic tradition that prohibits dating or even the aspire to remain in their peers, some Muslim teens are experiencing relationships in secret. Continuar leyendo «Some Muslim Teens Practice Dating in Secret Relationships»