| An Islamic court judge in Amman told Christian widow Siham Qandah yesterday that according to new evidence, her childrenâs Muslim guardian recently withdrew another large amount of money from their orphan trust funds. The judge reportedly ordered an immediate investigation into the apparent embezzlement. Qandah has been locked in a legal battle with her brother Abdullah al-Muhtadi for the past six years to retain custody of her daughter Rawan and son Fadi, now 15 and 14 years of age. Al-Muhtadi converted to Islam as a teenager and remains estranged from his Christian family. He vowed to raise his sisterâs children, who are both baptized Christians, as Muslims after a âconversionâ certificate was found claiming that their father secretly converted to Islam before his death. Two years ago Qandah was ordered by the Supreme Court of Jordan to surrender her children to her brotherâs custody. She and her children immediately went into several rounds of hiding, buying time with several desperate legal and diplomatic appeals to reverse the decision. |