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**itaspCatCriny** · 05-14-2012, 08:24 AM

Mind if we list some information here? Here's a sampling of what I came across today:

In relation to adopting children from Afghanistan:

There is no adoption of Afghani children, only guardianship, and this poses a problem to those from other countries in moving the child - immigration issues.
Afghanistan is not part of the Hague Convention for adoption and this really seems to complicate matters
That said, there seems to be a way to work around this and Insha'Allah still stay within Shariah laws. Here is something that details the process for US citizens.
This article dated 2008? mentions a new adoption law in the making to help the over 2 million orphaned children but I don't know if such a law has come to fruition.
Another article on the challenges of adopting children from Afghanistan

From info from some of the many other SF threads on adoption:

Foster Care Link out of the UK linked to in another thread.
Sponsoring an orphan listed as 1 of 10 things every Muslim in the West (and anywhere really) should do on this thread.

Here is a sampling of information about adoption from some Muslim countries. You can plug in any country here and get some information on the country you're interested in:

I read somewhere that there are some 163 million orphaned children currently around the world.

Where I live, Canada, there are over 30,000 children waiting to be adopted. Question for everyone: how about your area?

05-14-2012, 08:24 AM	#38
itaspCatCriny Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	Mind if we list some information here? Here's a sampling of what I came across today: In relation to adopting children from Afghanistan: There is no adoption of Afghani children, only guardianship, and this poses a problem to those from other countries in moving the child - immigration issues. Afghanistan is not part of the Hague Convention for adoption and this really seems to complicate matters That said, there seems to be a way to work around this and Insha'Allah still stay within Shariah laws. Here is something that details the process for US citizens. This article dated 2008? mentions a new adoption law in the making to help the over 2 million orphaned children but I don't know if such a law has come to fruition. Another article on the challenges of adopting children from Afghanistan From info from some of the many other SF threads on adoption: Foster Care Link out of the UK linked to in another thread. Sponsoring an orphan listed as 1 of 10 things every Muslim in the West (and anywhere really) should do on this thread. Here is a sampling of information about adoption from some Muslim countries. You can plug in any country here and get some information on the country you're interested in: Pakistan Turkey (and this) Egypt Iraq Niger Somalia I read somewhere that there are some 163 million orphaned children currently around the world. Where I live, Canada, there are over 30,000 children waiting to be adopted. Question for everyone: how about your area?
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