Teen Christian Convert Rifqa Bary from Islam Fights to Avoid Deportation

Christian Post ^ | 04/07/2010 | Jennifer Riley

[SeekAndFind]

The teen convert to Christianity who ran away from her Muslim family last summer is fighting to stay in the United States.

An attorney for Rifqa Bary asked an Ohio judge Monday to declare that the girl is unable to reunite with her parents by her 18th birthday. The order would allow Bary to apply for immigration status and avoid possible deportation to her homeland, Sri Lanka.

Though there is no move to deport Bary at the moment, her attorney, Angela Lloyd, said reconciliation is unlikely to happen by her client’s 18th birthday, which is Aug. 10. Lloyd said obtaining special status for Bary is urgent. It is feared that if the teen is returned to Sri Lanka she will be harmed or killed by Muslim extremists.

But the attorney for Bary’s parents objected. Omar Tarazi said the parents already filed an immigration application for the whole family, according to The Associated Press.

The Ohio judge overseeing the case, Elizabeth Gill, said she will not sign the order at this time. Gill said she will hold another hearing next month to discuss Bary’s immigration status.

In the meantime, Gill wants the Barys to continue counseling sessions with the ultimate goal being reconciliation.

The Barys attend counseling sessions separately and a face-to-face meeting does not seem likely in the near future.

Bary ran away to Orlando in July citing fear that her father would kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity. She stayed with a pastor’s family that she met on Facebook for the first two weeks.

Then Florida authorities matched her to the girl in the missing persons report filed by her parents. After several months of court drama in Florida, it was decided that she should be returned to Ohio and her home state should take care of the case.

Rifqa Bary has been staying in foster care after returning to Ohio in October.

[rae4palin]

Thanks for the post. Add me to your Rifqa ping list if you have one. Continue to pray for Rifqa. You can also send her letters of encouragement to:

Rifqa Bary
c/o Angela Lloyd
255 C Drinko Hall
55 West 12th Ave
Columbus, OH
43210

[rae4palin]

Rifqa ping.

[Islaminaction]

Thanks for the updates on this poor girl.

[TexGuy]

Just disappear for a couple of months ... Go camping in Northern Montana. Its beautiful during the Summer.

[Dinah Lord]

Prayers up for Rifqa.

[Myrddin]

The parents are anxious for a more suitable place to kill the infidel. Doing that on U.S. soil is considered murder. In an Islamic country, it is cause for celebration.

[Titus-Maximus]

We won’t deport Gitmo detainees to Muslim countries because they will be executed, but watch as this girl is thrown to the wolves.

[Nateman]

I’ve been tracking this story and from what I’ve read she needs to fire her attorneys. They have kept out honor killing from the proceedings and conversion to Christianity is even worse than becoming a slut by Islamic standards. An apostate Muslim is marked for death. They have not filed for political asylum status.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Any sane or reasonable judge, any lazy one for that matter, will readily kick this case down the road a few months. Rifqa will be a legal adult in about 4 months. After that, the parents will have a hard time getting an attorney to reply to their phone calls.

[reaganaut]

I know of a ‘secret undisclosed location’ for her...

[reaganaut]

Does anyone know a nice young American Christian boy she can fall in love with and marry August 11th?

I am not advocating fraud, I am advocating marriage for a young Christian couple who are both over 18.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[odds]

>>>>“Bary ran away to Orlando in July citing fear that her father would kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity. She stayed with a pastor’s family that she met on Facebook for the first two weeks.”

>>>>“Thanks for the updates on this poor girl.”

This is another example on both sides of the political, legal & religious spectrums, to which I was Alluding in other threads - i.e. most people can not be bothered to nor capable of separating “the wheat from the chaff”.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2475216/posts?page=24#24

It also, partly, demonstrates the inadequacies of legal processes & judgments in the West.