Adoption in Morocco

[KKerrie]

Hi,
I am new to the forum and I am looking for opinions and advice really. I think my situation is not unique, but a little complicated. I am an english woman and whilst I am not muslim, my partner is and he is moroccan, and we have been living together in Spain for 7 years. We are very happy and religeon is not really an issue for us. If anything we think our differences have made us closer as we both have respect for each others background and upbringing. I respect all aspects of his religeon and I think I am very supportive. I have a fantastic relationship with his family back in Morocco and we all have a very close bond. My question is this...we would like to adopt a child from Morocco and if possible return to Spain as a family. We would like to bring a child up to follow the muslim faith and feel we would make fantastic parents and that we have a great deal to offer. I have no wish to convert to islam, purely on the basis that I am not a follower particularly of my own faith and whilst I respect others opinions, I do feel my opinions should be respected also and I choose not to convert. Do you think, or does anyone have an opinion as to whether we should or can adopt, and what is the process. I look forward to hearing from you.

[Arwen]

Hi and welcome to the forum Kerrie, I hope you find the information you require. I'm from the UK so do not know really anything of the legalities of adopting in Morocco.

It sounds to me that you would make good parents and I always feel that should take preference over any religious backgrounds. If your husband is muslim and you plan to bring the child up in the muslim faith then I fail to see what the problems is. I thought the child takes it's fathers religion anyway, but I may be mistaken on this.

I think what is most important is that you can offer a child a chance to be part of a loving family that maybe otherwise would be denied this. It is to be hoped that the relevant authorities would also see this as a priority, but who knows.

Anyway I wish you luck for the future and hope you find a child to love. I hope you will come back and let us know how you get on. Kind regards.