'Playing with non-Muslims is haram', Oz Muslim father tells daughter
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A Muslim man in Australia asked his daughter not to play with non-Muslim children, saying that it is 'haram'.
The Federal Magistrates' Court, sitting in Victoria, heard that the girl had refused to play with another, fair-haired 'non-Muslim' girl during a visit to a family counsellor.
The girl reportedly said "Baba says it is haram", as she explained to her mother that she was not allowed to play with non-Muslim children, the Herald Sun reports.
Federal Magistrate Philip Burchardt said the father was clearly a loving parent but 'he did not appear to have an understanding of his daughter's developmental needs'.
Burchardt ordered that the child will live with her mother and would spend time with the father every second weekend.
"Furthermore, his conduct in seeking to alienate (the girl) both from the non-Muslim component of the Australian community and from her mother and grandmother is very disturbing," Burchardt said.
The father however denied telling his daughter who she could play with.
"He denied being in the business of telling the child that it was forbidden or otherwise bad to play with non-Muslims, but the evidence of (the family counsellor) makes it plain that he does," Burchardt added.
The father, who is a devout Muslim, also complained to the family counsellor about his ex-wife's dressing style.
Although he denied using denegrating words to describe his ex-wife, Burchardt said his denials were dishonest.
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Media blows far out of proportion the acts of a lunatic Muslim as if what you write is the true true teachings of a tolerant religion. We see in India how the Hindu and Muslim neighbours live as members of a family. Being a good neighbour is part of being a Muslim..
Contrary to popular belief, as a rule Muslims do not hate Christians and Jews. As a matter-of-fact, Muslims have the same responsibility toward their non-Muslim neighbours as they do toward those who share the same faith.
In the Quran (Surat El-Nissa 4:36) God says: "Serve Allah( God) and join not any partners with Him; and do good - to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near, neighbours who are strangers, the companion by your side, the wayfarer (ye meet) and what your right hands possess: For Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious."
It is important to note that this injunction does not single out Muslims only as targets for good deeds and compassion. Neighbours are mentioned twice in this verse (Ayah): once referring to the neighbors who physically reside close on all sides and the other referring to neighbours on a larger, more global scale (as we all share this Earth together).