Personally, in my opinion, the court should have not made the decision of putting Maria in the care of the Catholic convent in Thomson road without much consideration for religious beliefs. By doing so, the muslims felt it was a form of disrespectfulness. Othe than that, Maria Hertogh was afterall brought up by Che Aminah & her husband as a muslim. Thus, it was an insult to the muslims as Maria Hertogh was made to worship Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ.
Secondly, Reporters and photographers should have been prohibited from entering the convent to take pictures of Maria. This was very disrespectful to Maria, and it also hurt her emotionally. Due to these photos and news, anger was stirred up among the people.
If both of these situations were prevented, the chances of a riot breaking out would have been very low.
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