The couples and the families of the children are all Christians in a Muslim-dominant country, and they feel that they are being unfairly targetted. Government officials point out the laws of the country, and the allegation that the couples committed fraud by falsifying documents such as birth certificates and visa applications. Officials at the U.S. Embassy became suspicious of the visa documents and turned the couples over to Egyptian authorities.
Adoption laws in many countries are rather strict, in order to protect children, and Islamic countries adhere to Islamic law with regard to adoption. Foster care of orphaned children is encouraged, but it is not permitted to claim another person's child as one's own. Many countries, not just Islamic countries, are also strict in their laws about children being adopted and taken out of the country.
Did these couples have a choice but to break the law? Certainly there are many other ways to adopt a child, without committing fraud.
The Quraan Prohibits Alcohol
Regarding Alcohol – The Holy Quraan states: “They ask Thee concerning Wine and Gambling, Say: In them is great sin, and some profit, for men; but the sin is greater than the profit.” (Surah Al-Baqarah:219)
The Arabic word used in this text is Khamr which is applied to all intoxicating liquor or drug.
The Quraan further states in Surah Al-Maaidah verse 90: “O Ye who believe! Intoxicants and Gambling, Sacrificing to Stones, and (divination by) Arrows, are an abomination, of Satan’s handiwork; Keep away from such, that Ye may prosper.”
Take Heed – Oh Muslims!
Quraanic evidence has been presented to you regarding the use of Alcohol. Allah – The All Knowing and full of Wisdom knows what is best for us – His creation. We must abstain fully from all forms and uses of alcohol.
No – Drinking!
So, firstly, all Muslims must not consume Alcohol at all. It is amongst the Major Sins and will have to be accounted for on the day of Judgement. Besides the Islamic ruling, we all know too well the harms of this evil. This is one of the main roots of corruption in society. Violence, family tragedies, suicides are a few of the fatal results of this disease. May Almighty Allah save us all. Ameen.
That Reader Comment has nothing at all to do with adoption.
Adoption of orphaned or abused children in Islamic countries must be allowed. It is one of severl methods by which the population of Islam is to be reduced and the unfortunate children born within the Islamic world to be loved, cared for like real human beings, and valued for their contribution to human civilization.
Mohammed blasphemed God when he claim to speak God’s words and when he advocated killing all who do not follow the Islamic path and then claimed that God issued such a murderous order. Love of God must be rescued from such a blasphemer and the true religion must be reformed from the dust on up to the skies.
@ Pahool : First of All , since you decided to judge Islam from your own perspective & started by talking about civilization , humanity & careness So you should have continued with the same civilized way you have started with and should have not said things Muslim ppl beleive as ultimate true! Because obviously your 2nd paragraph is out of context & cannot come out of a person who claims to be civilized!
Now let’s set things straight here & give you some info perhaps you could try to find the truth about Islam . I am Egyptian Muslim , I am fostering a couple of orephaned children in Egypt , helping them with their education & living expenses .. Do they have to Hold my name ? The answer is defenitely NO!.. This is Adoption in Islam (Holding the foster parent’s Name ) .. this is what’s forbidden in Islam .. So what’s burning you here??
Taking someone else’s name is not permissible in Islam through adoption, foster care or any other reason. However, adoption as we know it today is an honorable deed. The Prophet encouraged others to care for orphans, to be fair, kind and not to steal from their inheritance if they had one. The report may be of a good decent people trying to care for orphaned children. They may also be like many who take orphaned children to become their lifelong servants or to be sold as servants or worse to others. The documents were fraudulent and that certainly makes for some kind legal issue. Of course, the children should be interviewed and the adults should be carefully investigated. Personally, I think there is more to it than two couples with kind hearts.
i think adopting a child or taking care of an orphan is not something criminal.but the question is why did the two couples want to run away with the kids?? the other thing is allh (swt)said in surah ahsaab “udcuuhum li’aabaa ihim huwa aqsatu cindalaahi” meaning call them in their fathers names.why because the first reason is when you die that child will have a part in your inheritance if you call them by your names. which he is not suppose to.the second thing is you can read about the story of the prophet(scw)and zaid binu harith and the culture of the arab people before islam in adoption. if you do not understand the story plz comment and i will be able to summarise for you.
Mashallah, Sony, you are doing a brilliant jod, inshallah you’l be rewarded greatly for your good actions.
In my opinion, fostering is like adoption, its just the name-holding that isn’t allowed in Islam. With fostering you can also take care of a child, feed, clothe and educate them etc.
The fact that the couples tried removing the children from the country, in an illegal way,is what got them arrested. This of course is wrong and it is due to this act that government had to take action; not because they “are Christians and are being unfairly targetted”. You break a law you pay the price.
It is not a matter of ‘adoption’ or ‘Islam’, Im sure any country would have reacted in a similar manner if this took place in their land.
If the couples had applied for adoption the legal way maybe the results would have favoured them. It was the act of “smuggling” and fraud what got them jailed.
Adoption is more than just the child taking on the adoptive parents’ name. It is, in most countries, a more legally binding arrangement wherein the care-givers, now the parents, have the rights and responsibilities that they wouldn’t otherwise have, such as medical care and education. In many countries, the legal rights afforded to care-givers is different than those afforded to adoptive parents. If the problem of a name is such a big deal, the parents don’t have to change the child’s name. But to take something as wonderful as adoption and outlaw it over something like a name seems extreme and unnecessary.
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what problem with most of the islamic world is that they never think for a moment that with the passege of time every thing reqires change,otherwise why it wud have been sayings that what does not change,is either rotten or dead.foster and adoption is purely different thing.foster doesnt confer the same rights and duties of both the parties as of a natural guardian while the adoption does. think for a moment the child who is thrown in the street and there is a muslim couple needy of a child,will here foster come forward to help them while no one is knowing abt the parrentage of child? the ppl who talks just into the issue of name,will solve such problems of any society?or wud opt to advise for let the street-child die bcz their parents has committed moral offence!I m non-practicing of islam bt hate those ppl who intrprete wrongly to either Prophate Mohammad or Quran.Non of them are against a change,if its for betterment of society and we must understand that adoption is our need.had the adoptin not restricted in Egypt,why the couple wud have committed the said offence,which is naturally not a crime bt its the country that declared it offence.
this is to all those persons who visit this site.this is a good platform where one can clear any doubt regarding islam. discussion brings a good conclusion,so this site should have been used by intelectuals for a healthy discussion. but now a days none is leaving any comment or their opinion on any emerging issues.