My sister is about to marry a Moroccan man who I have not yet met. We both live in the UK and she has travelled to Morocco 3 times in the past year, the first time was when she met him, the second time was to revisit him and the third time is now.

My family and I have not yet been to Morocco and/or met him and the first time we do so will be when we travel out to visit. We have been told that the actual date of the wedding has not yet been confirmed so it's unlikely that our visit out there (in 2 weeks time) will coincide with the wedding itself.

My sister has recently converted to Islam and has told us that it won't matter that we won't be there because Moroccan Muslim weddings are small private affairs, but I'm not convinced. If so, I know of no other culture where the wedding is a small affair.

So I'm asking this, what should I expect from a Muslim Moroccan wedding? Is my sister correct or a)is it small possibly because his family don't approve (my sister already has 2 children) or b) because my sister doesn't want her family there because of comments relating to her conversion (I've personally been neutral on the subject)?

very strange, i don't understand why she is against your visit, are your fathers against this ? Moroccans are tolerate people and the husband's family surely will be glad to have you with.