Sara Ege has been jailed for life following the shocking murderous brutality she showed towards her son Yaseen (pictured) who struggled to memorise and learn the Quran.
Ege not only treated Yaseen "like a dog" but also after years of violence and beatings towards little Yaseen she burned his body in order to hide the grissly crime. How callous and evil she must be.
Words almost fail me when trying to imagine what Yaseen must have felt as he endured years of horrific abuse. However, while it is easy to point fingers towards yet another failed dysfunctional arranged marriage, the absence of yet another Mini Cab Father or local community a few other further thoughts crossed my mind.
Sara Ege herself was apparently fairly fluent in reciting the Quran which perfectly illustrates how learning to recite the Quran is not sufficient unless you have understood it's beautiful meaning and practise what is says, like for example the Prohibition on killing innocent people. The Quran is very clear it is a great sin to kill an innocent person any anyone who does will suffer great torment in the hereafter.
Up and down the country as little boys and girls are packed off to very unsuitable Mosques here and here to memorise rather than memorise and understand the meaning of the Quran, LM does worry for many of our children. How often have you seen a poor reluctant nervous little kid hauled before the entire family by his pushy parents in order to recite. Reciting for Allah swt is one thing reciting for Pushy Parents to gleam as they proudly parade their trophy kids in front of the family is unacceptable in my mind until the children are more mature or in their Teens.
Moreover, the growing use of what LM terms the Jinn Defence is also increasingly worrying. Ege claimed she was possessed by evil spirits which seems to be a growing trend for people in the Sub Continent notably Pakistani's when in reality they are either mentally sick or severely depressed. Take a look at Catrin Nye's BBC report report which highlights the problem.
Today we should remember and pray for Yaseen but also ask ourselves some troubling questions about child abuse, sexual abuse and "honour crimes" within elements of our community. Inna lilaahi Wa inna ilayhi Raajioon.
"Prohibition on killing innocent people" - who on earth gets to judge innocence?
ReplyDeleteSurely the preponderance of the "Jinn defence" is inevitable if you force people to believe in such entities in the first place.
ReplyDeleteYou know what makes this extra sad? The belief that if you raise your child Hafiz, three generations of your family's sins will be forgiven, and if you raise them Alim 7 generations.
ReplyDeleteSo the burden of his family's sins are on his shoulders - and for all children who's parents believe and aspire to them with the level of psychopathic obsession that this woman has.
There are psychopaths in every community - which is why it is dangerous to give these psychopaths motivations such as these to act upon. Better to tell them to beware their own actions then to beware the actions of those who depend on them for safety and security.
Honestly, this is just so upsetting I cannot express.
When I read this report, it has become one of the saddest day of my life.I believe there is an underlying problem with her which is little to do with her son's failure to recite the Quran. Ilm' without practice is bad but practice without ilm' is dangerous.
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