Child in fostering row 'should live with non-practising Muslim' grandmother

Family court order says court-appointed guardian found child was ‘settled and well cared for’ but grandmother is ‘a suitable carer’

The English-speaking child at the heart of a religious fostering row should live with her grandmother, said to be a non-practising Muslim, a family court judge has ordered.

The detail emerged in a court order that sets out for the first time some of the facts in the controversial case, following reports that the child was Christian and was unhappy at having been placed in the care of foster care of two Muslim families in succession.

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from Children | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2woFDlM