Five-year-old girl on life support would oppose its removal, family say

Tafida Raqeeb's mother tells high court daughter would like to live whatever her condition because of her 'Islamic values'

A five-year-old girl at the centre of a legal dispute over whether her life support should be withdrawn would have wanted to live whatever her condition because of her Islamic beliefs at an early age, her mother has told a court.

Tafida Raqeeb, from Newham, east London, is on ventilation at the Royal London hospital, having sustained a brain injury in February. Doctors say she has no awareness nor any prospect of recovery.