French Jewish mother wins custody battle against Saudi prince Miss Cohen-Ahnine claimed that her daughter was taken from her during a visit to Saudi Arabia in 2008 and that she was held in the prince's palace where she had only fleeting meetings with her daughter. She said she managed to leave when a maid left her door open and she sought refuge in the French embassy. Miss Cohen-Ahnin was eventually spirited out of the country after the prince allegedly produced a document purporting that she had been Muslim but had converted to Judaism - a crime punishable by death. She said she was concerned about her daughter's upbringing when she discovered Facebook photos of her in a niqab and playing with her father's firearms. Despairing at the lack of diplomatic progress, she published Give My Daughter Back, a book recounting her ordeal, in October. Since the court ruling, the prince faces an international arrest warrant for ignoring the custody sentence. Mrs Cohen-Ahnine said the court ruling was a "great victory for me and vindicates everything I have said ... but I'm still very worried for my child's future." The prince denied ever having kidnapped the child or the mother. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, he said: "She was free to come and go as she pleased." He said she had converted to Islam and the two had married in Lebanon under Islamic law, and under terms of the divorce, put through courts in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, the parents were to share custody of the child. He said the protocol was drawn up in Saudi Arabia offering her a house, all expenses paid and access to the child and the possibility of taking her on holiday for one-and-a-half months a year. He said she left Saudi Arabia for France without even telling the family. He claimed that she said: "'Give me two million euros and take the daughter." I said, 'No, I don't bargain over my own child. That's when the problem started. The prince said he would send lawyers to France to challenge the court decision but not his daughter. France hasn't got the right to take her back. She is a Saudi citizen and a princess. They cannot oblige a princess to leave this country," he said.