Teen Christian convert to stay in Florida

WorldNetDaily ^ | August 21, 2009 | Chelsea Schilling

[RobinMasters]

A judge in Florida has determined arguments over a young Christian who ran away from her Muslim parents in Ohio when her father allegedly threatened her life will continue in Florida, and she will not be returned immediately as her parents wished.

Fathima Rifqa Bary, 17, an honor student and cheerleader, was raised in a Muslim family in Columbus, Ohio. She became a Christian four years ago as a result of her interactions with children at school.

But Bary, a native of Sri Lanka, hitchhiked to a bus station and ran away from home July 19 because she says her family will murder her in what is known as an "honor killing." In Islamic tradition, an honor killing is the killing of a person believed to have brought dishonor upon his or her family.

Bary sought refuge with a church group in Florida but has been in state foster care pending the hearing today. The judge speculated mediation might work, but there are expected to be no major developments immediately.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Good. This will buy her some time, at least.

[FourPeas]

Mediation? With radical Muslims? That's like seeking mediation with an aggressive moose. It's beyond pointless.

[muawiyah]

The "killer ap" in this is that the Koran itself has an injunction to Moslems to kill apostates (after giving them only one chance to recant).

I think it's pretty clear that she doesn't care to be around active, practicing Moslems, nor should she be forced to stay with them even if they are her parents.

If there's one reason to EXCLUDE Moslems from immigration it's the business about killing apostates. Our Constitution enshrines apostasy. Islam is incompatible with it.

[TomGuy]

If she converted 4 years previous, why all of the sudden (July) did she come to ‘fear for her life’?

[I would wager that there is a non-muslim boy-friend in the background.]

[hoosiermama]

When will she turn eighteen and be considered an adult?

[hoosiermama]

She had kept it a secret until this summer.

[Niuhuru]

The courts have been making a lot of sense lately. I wonder what is going on behind closed doors.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

If she converted 4 years previous, why all of the sudden (July) did she come to ‘fear for her life’?

Her father found out and threatened to kill her.

[pnh102]

Hopefully she turns 18 soon and can then manage her own affairs.

[Biggirl]

Praise God for this miracle. But more must also must be done to protect this sister in the Lord.

[Hootch]

I wonder if they can drag this out for a few months... At least until her 18th birthday...

[hoosiermama]

The child's parents are devout followers of Islam and members of the extreme Noor Islamic Cultural Center in We've run across this group before....Was it the murderer of soldier outside of the recruiting office? Columbus, Ohio. This is where the internationally known Hama cleric, Salah Sultan, was the resident scholar before being banned from the United States. Salah Sultan is known as a global terrorist who publicly advocates the killing of Americans and Jews. The largest cell of Al Qaeda[sic] operatives was operating from the largest mosque in the Columbus area. Columbus is one of the cities under current investigation concerning the U.S. operations of Al-Qaeda [sic]. The child is a target for the radical Muslim community of Columbus, Ohio.

[Tai_Chung]

Is she staying with the preacher or with someone else in Florida?

[driftdiver]

“If she converted 4 years previous, why all of the sudden (July) did she come to ‘fear for her life’?”

because she hid it from her parents for a while, then when they found out she ran away. The found out where she was living and filed court action to force her to return.

[driftdiver]

Imagine the strength of this young lady. How many of us would risk death for Jesus?

[Redbob]

Her parents would murder her?
Heavens, muslims wouldn't do such a primitive thing!
</extremely extreme sarcasm>

[Stepan12]

We also have Pam Gellar of Atlas Shrugs to thank since she gave us the fax number; etc., of Gov. Crist and others to reason with him about keeping Rifqa in Florida where she has a better chance of not being put to death by honor killing.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Good!