Thai Boy Rescued After Father’s Abuse Over Religion Choice

[webfact]

 

An eight-year-old boy has been rescued by the non-profit organisation Saimai Survive, after his father allegedly subjected him to physical abuse to force him to convert from Buddhism to Islam. The father’s actions reportedly included regular beatings whenever the child refused to worship Allah.

 

This distressing situation came to light when the boy’s mother and grandmother approached Saimai Survive, armed with alarming video evidence of the abuse. The videos showed the boy carrying heavy objects like a basket and roll of metal wire over his head, performing strenuous activities such as repeatedly standing and sitting while holding these objects, painfully beyond his physical capacity.

 

The grandmother revealed to Saimai Survive and Channel 7 that the father had recently divorced the boy’s mother and started a new relationship with a Muslim woman, leading him to convert to Islam. Consequently, he began coercing his young son to follow the same faith, not through encouragement, but through disturbing physical punishments.

 

 

The boy was removed from his regular school and placed in an Islamic religious centre, intensifying his distress. When he couldn’t meet his father's religious expectations, he was subjected to further abuse. The grandmother, concerned for the child's well-being and freedom of choice, wanted him to return to a secular school where he could choose his own faith.

 

Acting swiftly on the provided evidence, Saimai Survive collaborated with the Nong Chok Police Station and the Bangkok Shelter for Children and Families to raid the father's home. The boy is now under protection, receiving the care and freedom he desperately needed.

 

Authorities are investigating the incident further, ensuring the boy’s father faces consequences for his actions. This case highlights the urgent need to protect children's rights and allow them the freedom to choose their beliefs without fear or coercion.

 

TOP Picture courtesy: trueresort

 

 

-- 2024-05-25

 

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[watchcat]

4 minutes ago, webfact said:

his father allegedly subjected him to physical abuse to force him to convert from Buddhism to Islam.

 

From bad to worse.

[2baht]

31 minutes ago, webfact said:

The father’s actions reportedly included regular beatings whenever the child refused to worship Allah.

Ahh ......... the religion of peace! 🙄

[fredwiggy]

Actually from a non belief in God to a belief in God, but could have been done in a better way, by encouragement and teaching.This might lead the boy to turn away from God, as other parents have done in other religions and beliefs, by force and not by wisdom.

[Gottfrid]

Strong boy, the refused his fathers deluded religion, that only offers fake though guys with ugly beards and violence on the menu.

[Andre0720]

Civilized countries praise 'freedom of religion'.

Meaning people there are free to follow their own belief.

Their 'OWN' belief, no such thing as 'Allowed to impose a belief on others', and that should include their own children.

 

"wanted him to return to a secular school where he could choose his own faith "

 

Faith, meaning free to believe in something, anything, without any proof, any facts to support such a belief.

A synonym would be, 'free to have your own delusion'.

Please, it should be enough that so many people willingly get to believe the mass delusion where they were born into.

That should be enough to spread delusions in this world.

[ikke1959]

Medieval situation.... Besides that Thai Buddhism is not even real Buddhism but a mix of several religions and worships...Freedom of religion, but muslims will never accept that, the whole world must be converted to the Islam

[Woof999]

1 hour ago, Andre0720 said:

Civilized countries praise 'freedom of religion'.

 

Intelligent counties praise freedom from religion.

[edwinchester]

Any religion is a scourge on the planet.

One of wifeys friends recently converted from Buddhism to Christianity and has been ostracized by many of her friends and family for no good reason.

[brianthainess]

Not all Muslims are like this, My wife was married to a Muslim until he passed away, he was very good to the whole family and a hard worker, she is the Only Thai lady I have ever known who actually Loved her Husband, she is now Buddhist and Sometimes wears a Cross round her neck, all points covered.   ... 

[brianthainess]

4 hours ago, webfact said:

The grandmother, concerned for the child's well-being and freedom of choice, wanted him to return to a secular school where he could choose his own faith.

Choosing your own faith in a Thai school ? where Buddhism is part of their 'Education'. You would already have a religion when starting school, Why is the boy not with his Mother ? 

[Bangkok Barry]

Islam - the religion of peace intolerance.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Not all Muslims are like this, My wife was married to a Muslim until he passed away, he was very good to the whole family and a hard worker, she is the Only Thai lady I have ever known who actually Loved her Husband, she is now Buddhist and Sometimes wears a Cross round her neck, all points covered.   ... 

No need to be religious.. just be a good person every day.

[loong]

I wonder how good a father he was before being infected by Islam.

[Geir Rasch]

The case is about one bad father. There is no need to include his religion in the case. The problem is not the religion as a religion, but this person abuse of both son and religion. Such bad people you wil find in any religion. No need for islam-haters to react on this.

[Brian Meyers]

6 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Strong boy, the refused his fathers deluded religion, that only offers fake though guys with ugly beards and violence on the menu.

I've found all religions to be deluded to some degree. Some exposure to main stream religions will allow one to follow. or not.

[Kiwiken]

4 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Any religion is a scourge on the planet.

One of wifeys friends recently converted from Buddhism to Christianity and has been ostracized by many of her friends and family for no good reason.

Buddhism is more a Philosophy than religion. One can be Buddhist and Christian. Faith is in the heart not dogma

[spidermike007]

That conversion might represent a backwards movement of the soul. The father likely has never experienced one inner moment in his life. Pure ritual and rule, rules, rules. He is a smart kid. 

[Dionigi]

4 hours ago, brianthainess said:

Not all Muslims are like this, My wife was married to a Muslim until he passed away, he was very good to the whole family and a hard worker, she is the Only Thai lady I have ever known who actually Loved her Husband, she is now Buddhist and Sometimes wears a Cross round her neck, all points covered.   ... 

muslim men are allowed to marry non muslin women, without them having to convert, the children must be brought up muslim. Non muslim men are not allowed to marry muslim women unless they convert.

[giddyup]

7 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Actually from a non belief in God to a belief in God, but could have been done in a better way, by encouragement and teaching.This might lead the boy to turn away from God, as other parents have done in other religions and beliefs, by force and not by wisdom.

What god, there are so many to choose from.

[brianthainess]

1 minute ago, Dionigi said:

muslim men are allowed to marry non muslin women, without them having to convert, the children must be brought up muslim. Non muslim men are not allowed to marry muslim women unless they convert.

My wife did not 'Convert' she just followed his way of life and observed the rules of Islam. She was a Buddhist but became an orphan at age 12, married at 18. 

[Purdey]

Easy to convert to Islam, impossible to convert back again.

[khunPer]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

Acting swiftly on the provided evidence, Saimai Survive collaborated with the Nong Chok Police Station and the Bangkok Shelter for Children and Families to raid the father's home. The boy is now under protection, receiving the care and freedom he desperately needed.

 

Authorities are investigating the incident further, ensuring the boy’s father faces consequences for his actions. This case highlights the urgent need to protect children's rights and allow them the freedom to choose their beliefs without fear or coercion.

This is positive reading.

[sambum]

I remember reading once a very apt description of the Muslim and Christian beliefs.

 

"It's like two schoolchildren arguing in the playground about who has the best imaginary friend."

 

Whoever said it was spot on! 

[mot]

Strange from the religion of peace and love. 

[brianthainess]

44 minutes ago, Purdey said:

Easy to convert to Islam, impossible to convert back again.

No you can just leave and move away, as with the murderer in the UK recently who killed a guy in a shared house for becoming Christian.  

[macca3248]

I have always believed that Buddhism was a way of life and respect for others !

 

[fredwiggy]

1 hour ago, giddyup said:

What god, there are so many to choose from.

The one that created everything, not the many created by man so they could believe in something.

[fredwiggy]

25 minutes ago, macca3248 said:

I have always believed that Buddhism was a way of life and respect for others !

 

A religion that looks at women as inferior isn't respect for others.

[KannikaP]

8 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Medieval situation.... Besides that Thai Buddhism is not even real Buddhism but a mix of several religions and worships...Freedom of religion, but muslims will never accept that, the whole world must be converted to the Islam

What's the first of Moses Ten Commandments?