A British father was banned from taking his son to church after the boy's Muslim mother won a court order at Derby Crown Court preventing the boy from attending. The father, a non-practising Muslim, has close connections to his local Christian community. He is divorced from the boy's mother and was warned he could be denied access to the nine-year-old if he takes him to church or a Christian leisure centre. The father, born in England to Pakistani parents, has lodged an appeal with the High Court to have this order overturned. 'This judge is simply scared of being branded Islamophobic,' he said. 'I want my son to have a balanced life in which he is exposed to different faiths and can make up his own mind about religion.’ The boy sees his father every other weekend. The order also decrees that he must provide only Halal food.