A judge banned a British Muslim man from taking his son to church in early March, after the man’s ex-wife found out and filed a complaint.
The boy lives with his mother, but sees his father every other weekend. His father began bringing him to church because he found comfort there after the divorce.
He told the media: ‘They run many activities my son enjoys so I go to the church and would like to take my son. But when his mother found out, she applied to the court and won the order which prevents the boy being taken to any Christian building.’
The boy’s mother, however, believes that her son is being brainwashed and hopes to keep him in the Muslim faith.
Silencing the father
Christian Concern CEO Andrea Williams commented: ‘The wife is using the law to coerce and silence a father’s right to determine his son’s religious experience.
‘This chimes generally with what we see with the judicial system acting as if it is afraid of upsetting Islam and therefore showing a willingness to suppress the Christian faith and punishing those who practise it.’
The father has lodged an appeal with the High Court to have the order overturned.
