Posted on 12/23/2011 1:07:21 PM PST by NYer
A British court on Wednesday apparently made legal history -- ordering an out-of-wedlock Muslim baby adopted out to prevent it from suffering an "honor killing." Britain is abuzz over the bizarre and unprecedented court ruling.
As the London Daily Mail reports:
A baby girl born out of wedlock must be adopted to save her from the risk of being slaughtered in an "honor killing," a court ruled yesterday.
If the unmarried Muslim woman's father found out about the child, he would feel such "unimaginable shame" he could unleash a vengeful bloodbath by killing the baby and his whole family, three senior judges agreed.
So they made the extraordinary order to have the one-year-old girl - known as Baby Q - adopted for her own safety.
She will now grow up with adoptive parents and, when she is older, they will explain to her why she could not have been brought up by her biological parents.
It is believed to be the first time an English court has ordered an adoption to prevent a murder.
For the whole story, click here.
The baby's natural father wanted to adopt her, to be sure. But judges objected, concerned the baby would be at risk from the baby's maternal grandfather or members of his community. Aside from those concerns, judges no doubt made their decision within a larger context -- their awareness of soaring numbers of "honor" attacks and killings occurring among Britain's large and unassimilated Muslim population.
As the Daily Mail reported earlier this month:
Nearly 3,000 so-called honor attacks were recorded by police in Britain last year, new research has revealed.
According to figures obtained by the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organization (Ikwro), at least 2,823 incidents of "honor-based" violence took place, with the highest number recorded in London.
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Sad for the baby’s father (and mother). The religion of peace, huh?
Yet FGM is still ok.
But.....people keep telling me Killcult is a Religion Of Peace....
I am holding out little hope for Londonistan to reverse the tide. The British spirit has been beaten down.
Oy!
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