1. Ideas
1.1. The muslim community
1.2. Racial Disharmony
1.3. Racial Discrimination
1.4. Insenstivity
1.4.1. The marriage of Nadra and Mansoor had not been well-received by the Dutch and British government
1.4.2. Dutch was appalled by the fact that Nadra had gotten married at the age of 13
1.4.2.1. Muslims were offended
1.4.2.1.1. it was normal/part of the culture
1.4.2.2. Dutch felt that she was too young
1.5. Anti-British sentiments
1.5.1. the muslim community was unhappy that the marriage of Nadra and Mansoor had not been acknowledged by the British law
1.5.2. angered by the fact that the British government did not respect their tradition/culture
2. People
2.1. Nadra
2.1.1. caught between two worlds
2.1.1.1. wanted to stay with Aminah
2.2. Aminah
2.2.1. Nadra's guardian
2.3. Biological Dutch parents
2.3.1. wanted custody of their child
2.4. Muslim Community
2.4.1. felt that Aminah should have custody of Nadra
2.5. Dutch People
2.5.1. Felt that Maria was rightfully her dutch parent's daughter
3. Circumstances
3.1. Maria's biological mother had agreed to let Aminah adopt Maria during world war 2
3.1.1. However there were no formal papers of the adoption and the only witness was Aminah's brother
3.2. After the war in 1949, Maria's biological parents requested that custody of their child be returned to them as they felt that they were the rightful parents
3.3. Nadra/Maria had been brought up as a muslim, only knew Muslim traditions
3.3.1. As a strategy to retain custody of Nadra, Aminah married her of to Mansoor when she was 13. However, in the eye's of the Dutch, this was an absolutely unacceptable age for marriage and did not acknowledge that the marriage was legal under Muslim traditions.
3.3.2. During her stay in Holland, Maria was not allowed to speak in Bahasa Melayu nor contact anyone in Singapore