The five-year-old English girl, coming from a Christian family, entrusted to an observant Muslim family, has returned home and will stay with her grandmother. This was revealed by the Times, which in recent days had brought the case to light, raising a wave of controversy not only in England. This was established by judge Khatun Sapnara, a practicing Muslim magistrate, according to whom children need "culturally similar placements". "It is in the best interest of the child to live with a family member who can promote her well-being and meet her needs also in terms of ethnicity, culture and religion," Sapnara ruled, who also ordered an investigation. The child, against the wishes of the original family, had been given in foster care by the local council of Tower Hamlet in east London to two observant Muslim families, where women wore niqabs or burqas and no one spoke English. The crucifix around her neck had been removed, she was forbidden from eating pork and forced to study Arabic.
