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Muslim girl in baptism row was threatened with forced marriage
by Scott Gilbreath ~ February 14th, 2009
Earlier this week, a council in the north of England removed a Christian woman from the roster of approved foster parents after a 16-year-old Muslim girl in her care converted to Christianity and was baptized. It is now alleged that the girl went into foster care after her father physically assaulted her and threatened that she would be coerced to marry against her will.
[A] friend of the girl claimed yesterday:
‘Her dad is a very strict Muslim who could get violent. One time he hit her with a belt just because she chatted with a couple of boys.
‘Another time he beat her over and over and said he would take her to Pakistan and make her marry.
‘She really didn’t want that. She was very frightened. Her dad would shout and swear at her and told her that she’d shamed the family.
‘Her mother didn’t really do anything to protect her.’
The girl told social workers that she was interested in converting to Christianity and wanted to go to church. Why should her foster mother be punished because the girl exercised her freedom of religion? Or is that no longer recognised by certain local councils?
If the friend’s story is true, the girl’s father should be investigated. Forced marriage is illegal in Great Britain.
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