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February 14, 2012
Missing Malmö girl alive and well in Iraq: police
Published: 3 Jan 10 09:15 CET | Double click on a word to get a translation
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/24172/20100103/
Four-year-old Maryam Ali Abdulhadi, who disappeared on New Year's Eve in Malmö in southern Sweden, is with all likelihood alive and well in Iraq, the Skåne police said in a statement.
- Search continues for 4-year-old Maryam (2 Jan 10)
- Four-year-old girl missing in Malmö (1 Jan 10)
Police said that on Saturday they received “information that confirms that the missing girl is in good health and with all likelihood in Iraq.”
Maryam's mother has spoken with individuals in Iraq and has even been allowed to speak with her daughter.
The girl and both of her parents are foreign citizens. The girl has been living with her mother in Sweden while the father is in Iraq.
The mother told Norwegian newspaper VG that the girl's father called her and told her what had happened. He said that the girl was okay, but she would be living with him.
Police are continuing to investigate how the girl was abducted and by whom.
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@glamshek: "For children its very necessary that they have their own culture and.." Listen pal individual's culture and religion is the one they pick not the one that their parents choose for them. In my humble opinion this among the others differentiate humans from other form of life on this planet.
astrayed mentally? I must have missed that in the article.
What makes the father's interests more important? Oh wait, I forgot that the father's culture is based in the cradle of civility and modern thinking. My mistake to put western values above this man's clearly superior culture and value system that allows for kidnapping.
hmmm, sound's like you completely missed the point here. You're overlooking the fact the kid was kidnapped- and then suggest it's for her own good since she'll be raised within her culture and religion? you sound like on of those idiots who send their daughters back to Somalia for circumcision. It funny how a narrowly minded, ignorant individual such as yourself takes advantage of all the benefits given by westernized societies, lack appreciation for it and continue with your ideological fervour.
I don't think Glamshek missed the point, I think that was a thinly veiled, "Go back to your own country with your own religion, so we don't have to deal with another foreigner." I think his/her comments would be completely different if the mother was Swedish.
Since when this is required here? I did travel before with m daughter, no one has asked me for that? we have another trip soon, and can not afford to lose my tickets, hope you can inform me. thanks
just i wish the little girl some peace, that's all
MY heart is with the mother and her little girl... I imagine the mother looking at her toys around ..... GOD
When traveling with a child within the EU they are a lot more flex but from personal experience I was about to take my child to California on vacation and they asked for my wife authorization as well as her personal number...
Typical comment throughout Sweden. Equality and non discrimination as long as it is favour of the female.
Swedish mothers kidnap the children as well, read about George Peros and the trouble he faced when the Swedish mother kdnapped their children and went against Swedish and Australian courts.
Who says that the mother didn't kidnap her and the father is following the law.
No of course the mother is not at fault
if she is in iraq then she had to have a passport so reasonable to assume that the father had a passport for his daughter. And yes if it was suspected that the father had taken the child illegally i don't think there a that many flights direct to iraq in the early hours of the morning.
Sounds like the mother did wrong firstly and now is trying to get sympathy from the fridayz of sweden
I feel for the family but the right thing is for Iraqis themeselves to push for changes in their society within Iraq.
Sweden and Scandinavia as a whole needs to develop a thicker set of regulations that will allow it to allow it to relate to what is quickly becoming our greatest partners, Iraq, Iran & Somalia.
What I mean is that if the father demand was legal why he didn't act legally?Is it difficult for you to understand?!!! and it doesn't matter if the child is a boy or a girl a child at her age needs mother even though she doesn't cry for it.
JoeSwede, I would not point on nationalities here, I don't know anyone from Iraq but it seems they are in a very hard condition , people are being killed everyday in Somalia so they seek for asylum here.... however is not for me to judge.
Iranians though are different I suppose, my doctor here in vardcentral happen to be an Iranian and she is brilliant... I have some Iranian colleagues and in my surprise they are not religious at all,.. they don't seem to be asylum seekers they are more skillful immigrants I believe (at least the people I know!)
Not reported if father has or has not gone through legal procedure and swedish authourities are not that quick to assist a father in these cases.
no comment from you that perhaps the mother acted illegally
just a thought for you , you have a father or you wouldn't be here. What age did you need your father 21????????
Where was the authority?
administration and police or something !!??
it is so scary !
Do we live in a first world country !!??
And dont tell me that women have rights in that country because I dont believe that. And this goes for every country where there is muslim domination. As a female you are merely there to serve, full stop. This is not stated in the Quran (Koran) where the profet states respect for both genders, but inflicted by religious fanatics. Poor kid!
Nothing like taking the little girl to a war torn area, where she'll be cattled out to the first knuckle-dragging neanderthal as soon as she gets her period and end up with four kids by the time she's 22. What a great life that'll be.