A woman in Texas who has converted to Islam is now having the conversion used against her in a custody suit for a child from a previous marriage.


The report from CAIR reads:
The boy's father, who admits the mother left him because of his drinking, says he is seeking physical custody so that his son can "have a normal life" and an "all-American home." In the "Home Study Report for Custody" filed with the court, a social worker states: "[The mother's] conversion to Islam and her subsequent arranged marriage to a foreigner are very basic issues in this case, and are certainly unusual from the point of view of prevalent American culture."

A hearing on the case is scheduled for August 13. At that hearing, the father's attorney will call a Christian minister and an anthropologist to offer their views on Islam and Muslim culture.

The report also states: "[The Mother's] decision to become a Muslim shocked and surprised her family and those who know her...Although this [her arranged marriage] is customary in the Islamic community, it is well out of the American mainstream."
(Someone should take these people to a sushi bar. That'll really blow their minds.)

The report also cites a similar incident that happened earlier:
In July, a South Dakota judge returned a five-year-old child to his Muslim mother. That child was taken away after his mother accepted Islam, married an Egyptian man and planned to travel to Egypt. The woman's father said she "has engaged in some bizarre behavior, including wearing Muslim garb and declaring herself a Muslim."
This is why I rarely go south of the Mason-Dixon line.

(Thanks to ambiguous.org for the heads-up.)