Current Events > Mother LOSES custody of her daughter in SAUDI ARABIA for being TOO WESTERN!!

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A Washington mother, who moved to Saudi Arabia to teach at a university, lost custody of her daughter after divorcing her husband because she was too Western to raise the child, according to a Saudi court.

Bethany Vierra, 32, lost custody of her daughter - four-year-old Zaina - in July after the court determined that the mother was too 'new to Islam.'

'The mother is new to Islam, is a foreigner in this country, and continues to definitively embrace the customs and traditions of her upbringing. We must avoid exposing (Zaina) to these customs and traditions, especially at this early age,' Judge Abdul-Ellah ibn Mohammed al-Tuwaijri said in his July ruling, according to CNN.

The 32-year-old student had moved to the Middle Eastern country in 2011 to teach at a local university.

Vierra's ex husband used her social media as evidence that she was allegedly living a non-Islamic lifestyle.

His lawyers used her trip to Burning Man in their argument, dubbing it 'the world's strangest festival' where attendees 'appear in crazy clothes and stay awake all night dancing and surrounded by people wearing only shoes made of fur, or drinking drugs (sic) or cold drinks.'

Her ex-husband's lawyers also contended that her social media was 'full of nudity, intermingling of the two sexes and a lot of things and actions contrary to our religion and customs and traditions.'

Vierra claimed that her ex-husband was verbally abusive and used drugs. Her husband denies those allegations.

'There was drug use and that became an issue,' her mother, Kathi Vierra, explained.

Custody was ultimately granted to the girl's Saudi grandmother, who lives with Zaina's father.

'The fact that the father is residing with his mother is likely a temporary situation,' the judge stated. 'Knowing that it is in men's nature not to stay at home and not to honor/fulfill parental role themselves.'

Vierra has until Sunday to appeal the decision and the child is currently in her custody.

Her parents share that there is a warrant out for her arrest because she missed a child visitation from her ex-husband - which they claim she didn't know about.

They also claim that the woman has been banned from leaving the country for the next 10 years, failing to provide a reasoning as to why.

'She wants to have the rights to go and come. She used to have that right,' Myron Vierra, the woman's father, said.

Myron shared that her daughter refuses to go down without a fight and plans to appeal the decision.

'Bethany won't give up. Because that's her daughter,' he said.

'And it makes perfect sense that she won't give up. We also realize that she may lose her life doing this, or we may never see her again.'

The couple has come to terms with the fact that they may not ever see either the mother or her little girl.

'If Zaina can't leave, she won't leave,' Kathi said.

Myron added: 'We love our granddaughter. I think our deepest fear is that we might not ever see her again.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7367719/Mother-32-loses-custody-battle-daughter-Saudi-Arabia-new-Islam.html




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Looks like that feminist girl that hates video games

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that pic makes it look like she only has 1 nipple
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on the one hand it's refreshing to see a western woman lose in court. on the other i wouldn't be surprised if she packs her shit up with her kid and books it outta there back to where the law is more in her favor. like always.
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Damn_Underscore posted...

They also claim that the woman has been banned from leaving the country for the next 10 years,

I don't understand how this is legal. it's basically national kidnapping. she's a US citizen. she has committed no crime. why are we letting them detain her in their land?

Westerner moves to Muslim country: "FUCKING MUSLIM COUNTRY, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR STUPID CUSTOMS"

Muslim moves to Western country: "FUCKING MUSLIMS, IF THEY WANT TO LIVE HERE THEY NEED TO ASSIMILATE"
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She made her choice, now she'll have to live with the consequences.
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Zikten posted...

Damn_Underscore posted...

They also claim that the woman has been banned from leaving the country for the next 10 years,

I don't understand how this is legal. it's basically national kidnapping. she's a US citizen. she has committed no crime. why are we letting them detain her in their land?

and usually when a ban is imposed on someone it is after their deportation to their home country and banning from entry. This makes no sense.
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Uh oh looks like she's a white supremacist
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Damn_Underscore posted...

A Washington mother, who moved to Saudi Arabia to teach at a university

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Why is that the poll question?
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fhqwhgads posted...

She looks like she's about to hand out some ass by kicking someone's head off.
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TreyFlowers posted...

Westerner moves to Muslim country: "FUCKING MUSLIM COUNTRY, SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR STUPID CUSTOMS"

Muslim moves to Western country: "FUCKING MUSLIMS, IF THEY WANT TO LIVE HERE THEY NEED TO ASSIMILATE"

Accepting and assimilating isn't the same thing.

Muslims in western countries aren't expected to become Western, not Westerns becoming Muslims just to not offend Muslim culture.

So Westerns shouldn't have to become Muslim if in their country.

Just the way it is.
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Fair, next. Shouldn't have moved to Saudi Arabia.

PrettyBoyFloyd posted...

Muslims in western countries aren't expected to become Western

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TreyFlowers posted...

PrettyBoyFloyd posted...

Muslims in western countries aren't expected to become Western

To be fair I'd like to see a "real" Muslim wild and drunk for the first time.

Imagine the shenanigans that would go on ?
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I think marrying a muslim man without taking into considering the cultural and societal implications that's to be expected when becoming his wife is the first mistake.

Mistake #2 was going to Saudi Arabia, in the year 2019, expecting to win a custody battle in a court of law that makes no secret on how it views the lifestyle you regularly indulge in.

DestroyedDog posted...

Why is that the poll question?

Because that's the important one.
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