Muslim girl in baptism row was fleeing an arranged marriage
The foster mother struck off for allowing a Muslim girl to convert to Christianity took the child in after she was threatened with an arranged marriage.
The woman, a devout Christian, was asked to care for the teenager after the authorities learned of her abusive family background.
Her father beat her just for chatting to boys and warned he would haul her off to Pakistan to marry against her will, a friend claimed.
But council officials were angered when the girl chose to be baptised. They insist the foster mother failed in her duty to preserve the girl’s original religion.
As a result, the girl was removed and the foster mother struck off the register last November, despite having worked with children for ten years with a perfect record.
Here’s why the girl was in foster care to being with:
‘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.’
While the Council decision at first glance refers to a minor’s decision to baptize, in fact their decision becomes a sanctioning of violence. The foster mother should be punished so the grievance-industry agitators will be mollified.
There is no mention in the article as to whether the girl’s father was sent to prison for child abuse. I would be surprised if he was.
Roger Kimball, writing about The full Muslim, cites how British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith
decreed last year that Islamic terrorism–i.e., terrorist acts carried out by Muslims–should henceforth be renamed “anti-Islamic activity.” Yes, really. In her most recent act of cravenness, Ms. Smith declared that Wilders’s presence in Britain “would threaten community harmony and therefore public security in the U.K.”
Community harmony was also what Aasiya Z. Hassan tried to promote.
If her name doesn’t sound familiar, maybe her photo would help. Here is Aasiya with her husband Muzzammil at their TV station in Buffalo:
Let Roger refresh your memory, then:
Jacqui Smith speaks about promoting “community harmony.” That was something that Muzzammil Hassan, of Orchard Park, New York, pretended to be interested in as well. Hassan is the founder of Bridges TV, a cable network that was launched in 2004 and that aimed to portray Muslims in a positive light. Its slogan was “connecting people through understanding.” On Thursday, as Geert Wilders was being deported, Hassan was arrested and charged with beheading his wife.
Daniel Pipes (h/t Michelle Malkin) points out that “community harmony” shouldn’t be the top priority; instead we should recognize the truth:
No, this is not at all obviously about domestic violence. It is obviously about a totalitarian ideology in our midst that authorities like district attorneys refuse to open their eyes to. Phyllis Chesler establishes this point beyond a doubt in a forthcoming Middle East Quarterly article, “Are Honor Killings Simply Domestic Violence?” Spring 2009, pp. 61-69.
As Phyllis Chesler can tell you, it’s not about domestic violence or “community harmony” at all.
UPDATE
Dan Riehl’s research post.
UPDATE, Sunday 15 February
NY Honor Killer’s Muslim Sympathy Site Yanked
Yet another demerit for the “Religion of Peace”…
In 1985 an Egyptian man murdered his wife at her work in front of a crowd of people enjoying lunch. She was stabbed 51 times and when the police arrived he was trying to completely sever her spine and decapitate her. At the time it was considered a horrific example of domestic violence and the difficulty some people had in assimilating. It was only during the trial that many in our area of Orange County CA became aware of honor killings. In addition to the expected problems of a new country the husband considered her to be a whore and to have dishonored his family by adopting more American attitudes and going back to mixed gender(?) schools to finish her nursing degree. She also refused the veil and he claimed that she was prostituting herself by talking to her male instructors and classmates without a chaperone.
His family was shocked that he was convicted and sentenced to die for what they felt was strictly a private family matter. Of course we also had the OC Deartment of Social Services arranging marriages between minors and adults because someone “knew” that this was a traditional practice in Mexico. That is until the Mexican consulate pointed out the the only thing traditional about that arrangement was that it was a felony in both countries.
We are deeply saddened and outraged by this brutal premeditated murder. Hopefully we can keep this horrible crime against women from occurring again. We are a group of friends that know and worked with a young woman named Joy Loftin while she was employed at the Vanderbilt YMCA here in New York City. During the length of her employment, several extremely disturbing incidents occurred that cause us to be concerned and call into question the motives and the integrity of Shan Colorado Finnerty, Hortensia Colorado, and Elvira Colorado.
On several occasions, Joy came to work with visible bruises on her neck and arms. She eventually explained to us that Shan had punched, beaten, and choked her and she asked us for help. As wardens for the community, we tried to place Joy in women’s shelters around the city in an effort to mitigate the abuse. However, at the urging of Shan’s mother and aunt, Hortensia and Elvira, she returned to their apartment and refused to press criminal charges against Shan Colorado Finnerty. The abuse continued and one day, she came to work very early, visibly distressed and crying, with more bruises and abrasions. She said that Shan had verbally abused and beaten her once again; that she wanted to return to California, and that she was going to quit her job and reunite with her family. She tendered her resignation later that week. Out of concern for her safety and in an effort to find out what happened to her, we requested an officer from the domestic violence unit of the 5th Precinct conduct a welfare check at their home on Kenmare Street. However the officer was unable to find anyone at the apartment, and therefore could not verify that Joy was safe. We realize that she is suffering from battered women’s syndrome and may be unable to help herself due to the isolationist environment that the Colorados have formed around her. Abusive men are often enabled by their family, while the victim is persuaded to believe the abuse is her fault, and the pattern of emotional and physical trauma continues. Taking into consideration what has happened to Joy Loftin, it is especially deceitful that their display “Altar: El Llanto De La Resistancia” at the American Indian Community House was in part dedicated to victims of domestic violence.
In light of these events, we are dismayed, disappointed, and outraged to know that members of the American Indian Community would commit, condone, and perpetuate domestic abuse and violence, while simultaneously conducting workshops, writing and performing plays, and displaying works and art that would have the public and those who support them believe otherwise. It is a vulgar and offensive misrepresentation of American Indian Culture, and further support of Coatlicue Theater, Hortensia Colorado, Elvira Colorado, Shan Colorado Finnerty and their work is tantamount to supporting domestic abuse and violence. Considering their duplicitous behavior, having them represent American Indian Culture is an insult to the dignity of American Indians and an affront to human beings.
We therefore will not attend nor support any Coatlicue Theater productions or events where they will be featured. We will be encouraging others that might consider attending, participating, or funding them to do the same. Our actions are warranted, and to be associated with the aforementioned individuals and Coatlicue Theater would be equivalent to enabling and contributing to such offensive behaviour. We are urging everyone to reevaluate their support of Coatlicue Theatre and the Colorados, and question the individuals concerned. Until the responsible individuals are held accountable and measures are taken to verify that the abuse is no longer occurring, we will continue with our boycott of Coatlicue Theatre and we will strongly urge others to do the same.