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Christian mother ordered jailed
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Christian mother ordered jailed
Jordanian mom refuses to hand over kids to be raised as Muslims
Posted: January 29, 2003
5:00 p.m. Eastern
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/a...RTICLE_ID=30749
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com
A court in northern Jordan has ordered a Christian widow to jail for 30 days if she refuses to hand over her two minor children to be raised as Muslims, reports news service Compass Direct.
According to the report, a warrant for Siham Qandah's arrest was issued Jan. 16. On Jan. 20, she was informed by phone that she was to surrender custody of her daughter Rawan, 14, and son Fadi, 12, to their court-appointed Muslim guardian.
Jordan claims that before his death several years ago, Qandah's Christian husband secretly converted to Islam, making his children Muslims under Jordanian law.
The Compass Direct report indicates Qandah has been negotiating with officials for several months on the custody matter and had been assured three months ago that a solution would be found for her to retain custody of her children, who have been raised as Christians.
"Siham was told [in October] to go back to her home, put her children in school again and relax, because no one would be allowed to touch her," a close friend told Compass Direct.
According to a close relative, the Qandah children are "living from house to house. … It would be very dangerous for them to stay at home. And if the police find their mother, they may take her to prison."
An appeal filed by the mother's attorney buys her some time, but one of her brothers told Compass Direct that the delay may be "only for one week, or at most two weeks. So we don't know what will happen then."
According to the report, Qandah has a brother in Illinois who has offered full support for her and her children if they are allowed to leave Jordan.
"Despite all this, the Lord has put a peace into her heart," one of Qandah's friends told Compass Direct last week.
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