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Misbah gives evidence at hearing | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
Schoolgirl Misbah Rana has told a hearing that her mother refused to allow her to perform Muslim prayers. | |
The 12-year-old - also known as Molly Campbell - left Lewis in the Western Isles in August to be with her father Sajad Ahmed Rana in Pakistan. | |
Her mother, Louise Campbell, has filed a petition to have her daughter returned to her in Scotland. | Her mother, Louise Campbell, has filed a petition to have her daughter returned to her in Scotland. |
Misbah also told Lahore High Court she was unhappy with a new person in her mother's life. | |
Regain custody | |
The girl said that as well as not being able to perform Muslim prayers she had to eat food forbidden by Islam. | |
Misbah told the hearing: "She also started living with another person who I didn't like and that's why I decided to leave my mom." | |
Ms Campbell's lawyer Naheeda Mahboob Elahi said her client remained a Muslim and wanted to come to Pakistan as soon as possible to try to regain custody of her child. | |
The judge adjourned the proceedings until 22 November to give enough time to the mother to arrive. | |
She was awarded custody of her daughter in 2005 and claims she was illegally taken from Scotland to Pakistan by her father. |
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