Tuesday 21 January 2014

'Culture Clash' In Swedish Case

NST/18jan14
MALAYSIAN COUPLE DETAINED: Authorities should have placed kids with a Muslim foster family, says relative
#swedenletthemgo



KUALA LUMPUR: A FAMILY member of a Malaysian couple who were arrested by the Swedish police for allegedly disciplining their child who refused to pray, is hoping the authorities there will be more sensitive when handling the case.

He said the case was a classic one, involving a clash of cultures, with the Swedish authorities and social service failing to look into the religious and cultural aspects of the children, who have since been placed in foster care.

"They (the children) should have been placed in the care of a Muslim family," he told the New Straits Times yesterday. He said the authorities should have consulted the Malaysian embassy there and looked for a Malaysian family to care for the children while the parents were in detention. According to sources, the couple were detained by Swedish authorities in Stockholm last December, after a report was made by one of their children to a teacher, who consequently reported them to the Swedish police.

In Sweden, the law states that "a child may not be subjected to physical punishment or other injurious or humiliating treatment". However, in Malaysia, there is a clearer understanding between spanking as a corrective tool for children and physical abuse. It is learnt the couple appeared in court on Thursday and their remand period has been extended for another two weeks.

The husband is an employee of Tourism Malaysia while the wife is a secondary school teacher, who is on unpaid leave. The Tourism and Culture Ministry is believed to have sent a representative to assist the couple. The couple's children are in the care of the Swedish social welfare authorities and were reported to be unhappy living in the home of a non-Muslim foster family. The eldest of the four, who only wished to be known as Aisyah, 14, said she and her three brothers, aged 12, 11 and 7, had been staying with the foster family, as arranged by Swedish social services after their parents were detained on Dec 18. 

Aisyah said they were not happy staying at the foster home, as the family kept a dog. "They also eat food that is not halal. Although they do not feed us non-halal food, we share the crockery and kitchen utensils." Aisyah said they were not allowed to meet relatives from Malaysia, nor were they allowed to meet with their parents. She said a week after their parents' arrest, their relatives from Malaysia visited Sweden to meet her and her brothers, but were not allowed to do so by Swedish authorities.

The couple's second child, Ammar, said they wanted to return to Malaysia as they could not stand living with strangers.
"I miss mummy and daddy.
"We want to go back to Malaysia, but they won't let us.
"We are sad each time we come back from school, as our parents are not around.
"Before this, mummy and daddy would send and fetch us from school.
"Now, we have to go by public transport ourselves.
"Our youngest brother cries every day because he misses mummy and daddy," he said.


5 comments:

  1. Semuga Allah s.w.t mempercepatkan penyelesaian dugaan ini...Simpati pada Aisha, Amar , Adam & Arif .Moga mereka diberi perlindungan oleh Maha Esa dimasa kini.

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  2. Our prayers are with Shal and family . She is our constant virtual companion. A good friend and definitely a great mum.

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  3. Owner of this blog.. Please correct his name.. Its : Azizul Raheem Bin Awaludin.. Not Azizul Abdul Raheem

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  4. Let the LOVING parents CHOOSE their own lawyers! Instead of being elected by the state! How ridiculous is this?

    The GENUINE lawyers should also fight on the fundamental basis of Sweden’s HYPOCRISY and DISCRIMINATION towards majority Muslim CHILDREN mass murdered by members of the EU and NATO, in the Muslim World, including in Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Mali, Yemen, Somalia and Mali! And why and how?!

    EU's wealth and money as mainly gained by tax from member states and corporations including oil-gas corporations (at http://ec.europa.eu/budget/explained/budg_system/financing/fin_en.cfm), are distributed towards EU members - so if some EU members such as those in the EU army and NATO (NATO include Israel) are launching BARBARIAN and GENOCIDAL racist and fascist wars towards the Muslim CHILDREN and peoples, in order to rob their oil-gas-minerals-land, then Sweden which is part of the EU is complicit! See http://real-agenda.com/2013/05/28/european-union-officially-lifts-weapons-ban-to-arm-syrian-rebels/, European Union officially lifts weapons ban to arm Syrian rebels, May 28, 2013

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  5. Muslim CHILDREN and peoples - MASS MURDERED, RAPED, ROBBED and TORTURED by typical EVIL and Western-Zionist DESPOTS and REGIMES' HYPOCRITES and PARASITES! Western-Zionist countries, under one SUPREMACIST umbrella, the EU (which Sweden is a part of) and NATO (that also includes Israel), is 'arming' TERRORISTS who are committing both physical and cultural GENOCIDE in Muslim nations!

    EU's wealth and money as mainly gained by tax from member states and corporations including oil-gas corporations (at http://ec.europa.eu/budget/explained/budg_system/financing/fin_en.cfm), are distributed towards EU members - so if some EU members such as those in NATO are launching BARBARIAN racist and GENOCIDAL wars towards the Muslim CHILDREN and peoples, falsely claiming to bring Western-Zionosit "democracy and human rights", but actually in order to rob their nations' oil-gas-minerals-land, then Sweden which is part of the EU is complicit! See http://real-agenda.com/2013/05/28/european-union-officially-lifts-weapons-ban-to-arm-syrian-rebels/:

    European Union officially lifts weapons ban to arm Syrian rebels

    May 28, 2013

    The harshness of the war in Syria is about to get worse. The European Union has officially lifted the ban on the movement of weapons which will serve to further arm terrorist groups in Syria. Previous to this decision, the United States and France, among others, were already sending truck loads of weapons to Al-Qaeda linked groups in Syria through the proxy war partner Libya, but now the delivery will be direct. The Minister of Community Affairs agreed last night to lift the arms embargo hanging over Syria only when there is a guarantee that the recipient of that good is the opposition to the regime of Bashar al-Assad.

    According to the statement by the EU, the ministers will not begin arming the rebels until after August 1, to give political negotiations a chance. Syria has agreed to hold talks with Russia and the United States to explore diplomatic ways in which the war can be terminated. Meanwhile, the foreign ministers discussed possible progress in the political negotiations and will meet again before deciding to send weapons.

    It is an agreement that partially reflects the different options provided by countries and that it was only possible after a twelve-hour meeting, shortly after the disagreement hypothesis had been installed in the atmosphere at the Affairs Council in Brussels.

    ….For now, it is an agreement between the foreign ministers, without the support of the Community legislation, but it seems to be a unanimous one…... The foreign minister said that so far, the aim of lifting the embargo is “to send a message to Bashar al-Assad” but that neither Spain nor the other partners are sending weapons to the opposition. However, the embargo has been watered several times, so that the EU can provide material for civil protection, as well as buying and selling oil to the rebels.

    In reality what the Europeans are doing is what they have done before in previous staged conflicts, such as in Iraq and Afghanistan: Sell the terrorists or the governments arms in exchange for oil. Let them kill each other, let the country implode and send a ‘peace’ mission that takes control of everything. This mission then names a puppet dictator or junta, which enables the conquerors to stay in their war ravaged country forever.

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