(AhlulBayt News Agency) - Done for an online dating service, the poll found huge opposition to both polygamy and arranged marriages.
But a strong majority of respondents said they were opposed to premarital sex and a bare majority said they wouldn’t marry someone of another faith background.
“In the area of customs and sexual morality Muslims in France swing between tradition and modernity,” concluded the polling firm Ifop.
“In a country dominated by the principle of liberal lifestyle choices they are largely free of the religious or cultural dictates that legitimize polygamy and arranged marriages.”
But the poll suggests that their value system remains “impregnated” with a moral code which views sex as legitimate only within a marriage and which strongly influences marriage partner choices.
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