Iraqi Orphans Not By Choice

Two Sunni and Shia Muslim orphan boy hugs each other.

An Iraqi Christian Mariam Ammar, 4-years-old, joins other mainly Sunni and Shia Muslim orphans during a gathering between orphans from the Shia Kadhimiyah district on the west bank of the Tigris River and the orphans from the Adhamiyah Sunni district, opposite, on the east side of the river which run through the center of Baghdad on 3 May 2009.

Mariam's parents were killed when she was 7-months-old by a US military operation in her country.

Some 40 orphan boys and girls are also victims of this same type of violence by the Americans. All these children lost their parents in such killings.

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The Value of People and Orphan Care

If one should find an orphan give the child a home and other advantages provided by family life until they grow up, which is a charitable act rewarded by Allah (Hashem);if one is of good character and not take advantage of the child.

As to the child, they should keep their own name and the estate or money that belongs to them should remain with them.

For it is an obligation if one is able to care for the orphan, the widow or the unfortunate; so they may not unduly suffer.

For it should never be forgotten, that people hold great value in this life.-HRM Deborah