Sharia courts take children away from non-believers

[DigitalDrifter]

This may be the single best example of why we should keep Muslims from other countries out of western countries.

Malaysia's Sharia law costs non-Muslims their kids

IPOH, Malaysia (AP) — It was the last round of a recurring argument: M. Indira Gandhi's husband wanted her to convert to Islam. A committed Hindu, she refused.
He threatened divorce. Both started shouting. Neighbors came looking. Suddenly, he snatched their 11-month-old daughter from the arms of an older child, tucked her under one arm and sped off on his motorbike.
That was more than five years ago. Gandhi hasn't seen her child since, even though a Malaysian civil court awarded her custody.
Her husband — who converted to Islam shortly before taking his daughter away — won custody in an Islamic court. Because Gandhi is not a Muslim, she was not even called to appear. Police have been unwilling to enforce the civil court's decision.
"I am pining to see my daughter. No mother should ever have to endure this pain," said Gandhi, a kindergarten teacher, in her small rented home in Ipoh city in Perak state, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) north of Kuala Lumpur, the capital. "Give us a chance. We are all Malaysians. We should have equal rights."
Gandhi's case and others highlight perils of Malaysia's divided legal system, where majority Muslims use Shariah courts for religious and family issues such as conversion, divorce and death. The other 40 percent of the country — mainly Christians, Buddhists and Hindus — use a secular legal system inherited from the Southeast Asian country's British colonial rulers.
Critics accuse the ethnic Malay Muslim-dominated government of doing too little to resolve problems when those legal systems collide. The government has become increasingly reliant on support from Islamist and right-wing pressure groups as other constituencies flock to the opposition.
M. Kulasegaran, an opposition lawmaker who is also Gandhi's lawyer, said there are many similar cases, including several he plans to file once Gandhi's case is resolved. Some earlier cases have turned out even worse for non-Muslims than Gandhi's case has so far: In 2007, the top civil court ruled that a Muslim spouse had the right to convert his children without the mother's consent.
Some lawyers and legal experts say spouses in especially bitter custody battles sometimes convert to Islam to gain an upper hand. A Muslim with a non-Muslim spouse who seeks custody from the Shariah court is almost certain to win because the spouse has no standing.

more: Malaysia s Sharia law costs non-Muslims their kids - Yahoo News

 

[Sunni Man]

And?? ....

 

[blastoff]

She should quit while she's still got a head.

 

[mdk]

So we shouldn't allow Muslims in the United States because the Malaysian police are too cowardly to enforce civil law? Makes sense.

It is a sad and upsetting story nevertheless. I hope she gets her daughter back.

 

[Sunni Man]

There has been several cases in the U.S. where white people have adopted Native American or African American children and were taken to court because the kids would not be raised ethnically/racially correct.

Basically the same thing. .......

 

[Jroc]

There has been several cases in the U.S. where white people have adopted Native American or African American children and were taken to court because the kids would not be raised ethnically/racially correct.

Basically the same thing. .......

Yeah?..Link?

 

[Sunni Man]

Just google the ICWA (Indian Child Welfare Act) in order to read about several court battles involving white people whom have adopted Indian children. .....