The Sufiah Yusof story has made sensational headlines–around the world- a good Muslim girl gone wrong, prodigy turned hooker,
She was the Malaysian child maths genius who won a place at Oxford University aged just 13—but now news coming out from her adopted nation Britain has shocked those who loved and adored her.
How did this gifted girl with the winning smile who had the world at her feet ten years ago and who should be a rich woman by now end up prostituting her body for a living?
Sufiah's father Farooq is a Pakistani and mother Halimathon, a Malaysian.
Sufiah’s current choice of career was revealed by an undercover reporter whom she entertained in her flat.
According to a British tabloid, she apparently advertised her services on a hookers’ website calling herself Shilpa Lee available for booking every day from 11am to 8pm.
Sufiah gained notoriety for the first time when she rebelled against her strict parents and ran away from Oxford at 15. She wrote an email to sister complaining - “I’ve finally had enough of 15 years of physical and emotional abuse. You know what I am talking about.”
Sufiyah's controversial father Farooq, 50, is now in jail serving 18 months for sexually assaulting two 15 year-old girls he was private tutoring in maths. Prior to this, in 1992, Farooq was jailed three years in relations to a £1.5m mortgage swindle. At 19, Farooq was already a juvenile delinquent - he was sent to borstal (a youth prison in the UK) pertaining to a conspiracy involving £100,000.
From The Star Online.
Sufiah Yusof’s ex-husband Jonathan Marshall has expressed sadness and complete shock over the one-time child prodigy selling herself for £130 per hour.
Britain's Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying: “I am completely shocked. It’s very sad, actually. It’s very shocking that someone can use himself or herself in such a way.”
“I can’t fathom why she would do it – especially someone in her situation. Despite the problems with her family she had many advantages, which other people don’t have,” he said
The two fell in love and married in 2004. Marshall, a law student, had already converted to Islam. He was 24 and she was 19. The marriage lasted less than two years.
“The reason we split was that I became more observant and Sufiah became less so,” The Daily Telegraph quoted Marshall as saying.
“That took her in the wrong direction, away from the direction in which I wanted to go. The teachings of Islam are fundamental to your everyday life, so when paths diverge in that respect it is a major issue.”
5 comments:
I think the answer is quite obvious. She had an abusive father and she was deprived from a good family life. Being a genious doesn't mean you are immune from these things. And, being a Muslim doesn't mean that you will refrain from these actions, which are part of everyday life in most countries, not just in the west. Children who are abused, physically and sexually, remain vulnerable throughout their lives, in most cases. Let's hope she finds happiness in life and gets it together.
anonymous. You are right. She was abused and she lacked the love of a caring family who were driven only to push her to excel in her studies. Probably she faced unbearable stress very early in life. This is a sad story and we wish that she sort out her life, get back on a poitive path and find happiness.
Sad.
Hikikomori in Japan is also a condition caused by pressures of life when they are too young.
another self destructive genius
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