Would This Have Been Allowed To Happen If The Other Way Round?

[youngmafbog]

What an absolute disgrace, but would you expect any difference from abbots constituency?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4831134/MP-anger-Christian-girl-forced-Muslim-foster-care.html

[Khandro]

naomi; Kp's wife doesn't wear a burkha, they both speak English and he isn't 'radical', so though I haven't met him, but having exchanged countless posts on AB, I risk saying he's a damn sight better choice than those in the OP.

[naomi24]

Khandro, his wife is English - but I disagree with you.

[New Judge]

"I am sure that she could have lived happily with other muslim families without the same outcome."

I doubt it. Islam is not a quiet unassuming religion. It is all-prevailing and encroaches on every aspect of its followers' lives. Although many Muslims may speak English and do not walk around masked-up, in the background is the fact that there is only one way (even though there is more than "one way" of Islam). As I have said before, I believe it has no place in Europe and certainly none in the UK.

[mushroom25]

//in the background is the fact that there is only one way (even though there is more than "one way" of Islam).//

and when it comes to the law, there’s only one who may judge, according to islam…

http://metro.co.uk/2017/08/30/judge-orders-muslim-convert-to-get-up-this-is-not-a-court-of-religion-6888738/

at least our legal system doesn’t pander to that view – at least, not yet.

[mikey4444]

'No concerns' with mixed faith foster case

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41101558

""There were no concerns about the welfare of a Christian girl said to have been fostered by a Muslim family, a family court judge has ruled""

Seems like a lot of people have been barking up the wrong tree over this issue.

[hc4361]

They certainly have, Mikey, and I put the blame entirely on the media.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/30/mother-christian-child-islamic-foster-row-muslim-family-court/

[Khandro]

hc; //Court documents released on Wednesday show the girl’s maternal grandparents “are of a Muslim background but are non practising”.//

That sounds to me to be a far cry from a family where the women wear burkhas, speak little English and in fact converse in Arabic

[naomi24]

Khandro, me too - but depending upon the situation some people, Mikey and HC4361 for example, are purposefully deaf and blind.

[Mamyalynne]

As long as the child's Grandmother has been deemed suitable, she must hopefully feel more settled there.

[naomi24]

^Hopefully, but that's not the point under discussion.

[Mamyalynne]

No but it's my twopennorth.

[naomi24]

No opinion, just a platitude. Okay.

[MallyJ]

Perhaps the problem would be solved if only aetheists were allowed to foster children.....no conflict of interest there and the children could make their own minds up about which, if any, religion they wish to follow...stops anyone from any religion forcing their opinions on vulnerable children.

[Mamyalynne]

That wasn't my first comment on the thread, sorry it's not up to standard.

[Mamyalynne]

That is an option Mally but with a shortage already it may add the the lack there is of carers at present.

[THECORBYLOON]

It appears the Mail doctored a photo it used to illustrate the story (not sure if it was only the online version.)

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/splinternews.com/daily-mail-uses-an-altered-photo-to-make-a-story-even-m-1798539718/amp

[naomi24]

THECORBYLOON, your peculiar link claims the Mail doctored the picture to make the story even more 'Islamophobic', so no need to ask what angle that's coming from. The story was carried by all mainstream papers.

[THECORBYLOON]

I know the Metro carried the same photo but did other papers feel the need to alter their photos?

The daft thing is they used a stock photo clearly showing the woman's face, then they later added a black mask. The next day they used the original photo but pixilated her face for some reason.

A wee bit odd, eh?

[hc4361]

Apparently that photo is a stock image and nothing to do with the people involved.

The foster parents COULD speak English, the birth mother did raise a couple of issues but did not ask for the child to be placed with different foster carers but did want her to be with relatives. That is not always possible when a child is removed under an emergency protection order for various reasons. It is not always in the child's best interests if the relative lives too far away from the child's school and friends even if the relative is suitable and has suitable accommodation.
Sometimes the parent can't be aware of where the child is living, for the protection of the child.

The court appointed guardian visited the child in the home of the foster parents and was satisfied the child was being well cared for. Social workers would have been closely involved, too.

Muslim children ARE placed with foster parents of different faith and no faith and different racial and cultural backgrounds simply because there are not enough of every possible type of foster parents. The rules for adoption are very different.

[vetuste_ennemi]

Should a five year old girl of any blah blah blah be given into the care of conservative Muslims whose sacred text endorses sexual slavery and whose founder and perfect model of conduct was by modern standards a paedophile?