Hi everyone!

I am not sure if I can post on here since I am not Muslim but I hope you can help me.

I’m in a tough situation with my boyfriend of 5 years he is not religious but his family is. They are Muslim and I was brought up Catholic. My family and I are not practicing Catholics, I do occasionally pray, but I don’t consider myself to be religious because I don’t agree with everything that Catholic Church says and I don’t attend mass.

I have never met his parents and family except his brother, whom I met once years ago. He had been very hesitant for me to meet them because I am Latina and they are Indian/Persian. He tried to have them meet me once at the beginning of this year but they said no. My boyfriend said they said I would not be a good match for him because of Latino stereotypes they think pertain to me. The ideas they have of me because of my ethnicity are not what I am like. However, we want to try again. I know it’s not going to be easy. My boyfriend had brought it up a couple of times and said that if I were to convert to Islam they may be more willing to accept me and meet me.

I am not sure how I feel converting since I don’t know a lot about Islam and can’t just say yes to something I don’t know. I am not sure what to do. I told him I don’t know if I would convert but it’s not off the table. I just need to learn more and see if it is a good fit for me. I am not trying to be disrespectful of them but I also don’t want to lie and say yes and have to go back on my word if I feel Islam is not a good fit for me. He never brought up the conversation of converting until we starting talking about meeting his parents. He also would always down play how religious his parents are and that they would accept me even tho I was not Muslim.

I would really appreciate some help in how to handle my situation and also how can I learn more about Islam.