blog topic 4

In your opinion, what could have prevented the Maria Hertogh riots in 1950? Give at least 2 suggestions.

The custody of maria hertogh being handed back over to her natural parents , her marrige not being recognised becuase she was underaged and wthout her nartual fathers consult and she being sent to a catholic convent even though she was a muslim showed the lack of understanding and bias acts shown towards the dutch by the british. I myself would have been outraged to find such a verdict.

In my opinion i think maria's case should have been kept out of the press as this would only anger the society and cause all the riots to have come.

I also believe that the the british court should have been more open minded and less bias to the dutch and should have respected the fact that marrige among young teenagers during that time was very common among muslims . The british had totaly ignored the muslim religion and should have at least given some thought to where maria hertogh should have been sent while waiting for her court case, instead they had sent her to a catholic church and thus should have sent her to stay with 1 of her parents or among muslim orientated people.