Malika
Well-Known Member
Glad to have contributed to your education, Star 
And you have contributed to mine by saying that you don't say "Happy Christmas" in the States. Good lord! What a very bizarre people you are (iron-y).
I am Muslim... in name only. To adopt in Morocco, as in all Muslim countries, one has to "convert" to Islam. However, as this consists only of repeating a phrase in Arabic in front of a court official (for a fee, of course) - "There is no God but God and Mohammed is his prophet" - and as I can square that with my sense of things, I was able to do it without feeling like a TOTAL hypocrite (just a semi one). And here is another interesting fact for you all - adoption is not legal in Morocco or in any Muslim country and does not exist there. It is banned in the Koran - the idea being that one can never override a child's original filiation or "blood". And so... what I have of J is actually legal guardianship, not full adoption as we understand it in the west. France does not accept this as adoption and the status of these "semi-adopted" Moroccan and Algerian children in France is problematic. You wouldn't want to know all the details! We are here perfectly legally, although that took some doing, but J has only Moroccan nationality which of course is a pain in terms of visas and so on. After five years living in France one can apply for French nationality...
Be thankful you don't face those particular hurdles, I suppose. And HAPPY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL!!
And you have contributed to mine by saying that you don't say "Happy Christmas" in the States. Good lord! What a very bizarre people you are (iron-y). I am Muslim... in name only. To adopt in Morocco, as in all Muslim countries, one has to "convert" to Islam. However, as this consists only of repeating a phrase in Arabic in front of a court official (for a fee, of course) - "There is no God but God and Mohammed is his prophet" - and as I can square that with my sense of things, I was able to do it without feeling like a TOTAL hypocrite (just a semi one). And here is another interesting fact for you all - adoption is not legal in Morocco or in any Muslim country and does not exist there. It is banned in the Koran - the idea being that one can never override a child's original filiation or "blood". And so... what I have of J is actually legal guardianship, not full adoption as we understand it in the west. France does not accept this as adoption and the status of these "semi-adopted" Moroccan and Algerian children in France is problematic. You wouldn't want to know all the details!
We are here perfectly legally, although that took some doing, but J has only Moroccan nationality which of course is a pain in terms of visas and so on. After five years living in France one can apply for French nationality...Be thankful you don't face those particular hurdles, I suppose. And HAPPY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL!!
