SHEIKH MUHAMMAD AL-GHAMIDI

Theological & Legal Expert. A fatwa is a religious legal ruling. The frequent problem of Muslim men who marry American women, and if there is a divorce, the man kidnaps the child and returns to an Islamic country where the wife never gets to see the children causes a very difficult problem for American diplomats because even though there is an American court decision against the father, the very act of taking a custody dispute to a civil court contravenes Islamic law so there will be no extradition as the Islamic country takes the position that there was never an original legitimate court decision.

Theological & Legal Expert. A fatwa is a religious legal ruling. The frequent problem of Muslim men who marry American women, and if there is a divorce, the man kidnaps the child and returns to an Islamic country where the wife never gets to see the children causes a very difficult problem for American diplomats because even though there is an American court decision against the father, the very act of taking a custody dispute to a civil court contravenes Islamic law so there will be no extradition as the Islamic country takes the position that there was never an original legitimate court decision.