"A Saudi Arabian court has denied a woman custody of her child because she was deemed 'too Western'.
American Bethany Vierra, 32, moved to the ultra-conservative Muslim country to take up a teaching role at a university in 2011. She married a Saudi man and the couple had a daughter named Zeina.
Of greatest priority to Saudi courts is making sure children are raised in the Islamic faith. Vierra's ex-husband argued she was an unfit mother because of her Western lifestyle, submitting photos to the court of her wearing a bikini and with her hair uncovered. He also mentioned 'un-Islamic' social media posts, the yoga studio she runs and the fact she once attended the Burning Man festival as evidence she didn't deserve custody.
The Saudi court system, in accordance with Sharia law, treats a woman's testimony as worth half that of a man's. Vierra told the New York Times her own testimony had been dismissed by the court because she had no male witnesses to back her up."
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/worl...aughter-because-of-her-western-lifestyle.html
I'm sorry if someone already made a thread on this since it's a bit old by now but I read the story recently and thought it would be a good story to share on here. If only western family courts were like this as well.
American Bethany Vierra, 32, moved to the ultra-conservative Muslim country to take up a teaching role at a university in 2011. She married a Saudi man and the couple had a daughter named Zeina.
Of greatest priority to Saudi courts is making sure children are raised in the Islamic faith. Vierra's ex-husband argued she was an unfit mother because of her Western lifestyle, submitting photos to the court of her wearing a bikini and with her hair uncovered. He also mentioned 'un-Islamic' social media posts, the yoga studio she runs and the fact she once attended the Burning Man festival as evidence she didn't deserve custody.
The Saudi court system, in accordance with Sharia law, treats a woman's testimony as worth half that of a man's. Vierra told the New York Times her own testimony had been dismissed by the court because she had no male witnesses to back her up."
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/worl...aughter-because-of-her-western-lifestyle.html
I'm sorry if someone already made a thread on this since it's a bit old by now but I read the story recently and thought it would be a good story to share on here. If only western family courts were like this as well.
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