Derby County Court has ruled that a father is not permitted to take his
9-year-old son to church after the child’s Muslim mother won a
court order preventing the boy from attending.
The ruling stipulates that
• the father cannot take his son to any Christian building
• the father, when the boy is in his custody, must provide only Halal food
• the father must reassure his son that he is “an ordinary Muslim boy following Muslim rules.”
The boy’s mother, who is raising the child in the Muslim faith, argued that her son would “become confused” if he attended Christian-related activities. She took her ex-husband to Derby County Court, where Judge Williscroft ruled in her favour.
This is an outrageous abuse of the power of the judiciary where one faith is apparently being arbitrarily chosen over another. It is also an intrusion into a parent’s freedom to raise their child in accordance with their own beliefs.
Sign this petition to the Secretary of State for Justice, Michael Gove, asking that he investigate this case and assist the father in his appeal so far as possible.
http://www.citizengo.org/en/fm/33917-court-rules-father-cannot-take-son-church
The father has since launched an appeal to the High Court to have the order overturned.
Having married in 2003, the former husband and wife lived a Western lifestyle, until some years later when the wife became a devout Muslim ultimately leading to their divorce in 2013.
The father said "This judge is simply scared of being branded Islamophobic,"
Concerned that his son is being indoctrinated, he continued:
"This is nothing short of brain-washing him. Already he is telling me that I have a black heart, that I am a bad man, because I am not a practising Muslim. I am heartbroken that I have to keep him away from activities with local children.
"[The Christian community] run many activities my son enjoys so I go to the church http://www.citizengo.org/en/fm/33917-court-rules-father-cannot-take-son-church
The ruling stipulates that
• the father cannot take his son to any Christian building
• the father, when the boy is in his custody, must provide only Halal food
• the father must reassure his son that he is “an ordinary Muslim boy following Muslim rules.”
The boy’s mother, who is raising the child in the Muslim faith, argued that her son would “become confused” if he attended Christian-related activities. She took her ex-husband to Derby County Court, where Judge Williscroft ruled in her favour.
This is an outrageous abuse of the power of the judiciary where one faith is apparently being arbitrarily chosen over another. It is also an intrusion into a parent’s freedom to raise their child in accordance with their own beliefs.
Sign this petition to the Secretary of State for Justice, Michael Gove, asking that he investigate this case and assist the father in his appeal so far as possible.
http://www.citizengo.org/en/fm/33917-court-rules-father-cannot-take-son-church
The father has since launched an appeal to the High Court to have the order overturned.
Having married in 2003, the former husband and wife lived a Western lifestyle, until some years later when the wife became a devout Muslim ultimately leading to their divorce in 2013.
The father said "This judge is simply scared of being branded Islamophobic,"
Concerned that his son is being indoctrinated, he continued:
"This is nothing short of brain-washing him. Already he is telling me that I have a black heart, that I am a bad man, because I am not a practising Muslim. I am heartbroken that I have to keep him away from activities with local children.
"[The Christian community] run many activities my son enjoys so I go to the church http://www.citizengo.org/en/fm/33917-court-rules-father-cannot-take-son-church
