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Ace videographer Dave Miles kindly sent along these superb videos from the Rifqa Rally for human rights and religious freedom, Columbus, Ohio, November 16.

The Franklin county, Ohio Juvenial Detention Center allows inmates to recieve mail. Therefore.. Rifqa should be able to recieve Christmas cards from well wishers starting now. You just have to have your return address on the letter and follow a few simple rules HERE. I am sending her a Christmas card and hope that others will do likewise. Thank you, and God Bless. Rifqa Bary 855 W. Mound Columbus, OH 43223

Here are some pictures from this week's Rally for Rifqa, that were sent in by Pastor Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center. Christian Activists Draw Attention To Rifqa Bary Case At Public Rally COLUMBUS, Ohio—Dozens of Christian activists descended on Columbus Monday morning to rally in the name of Rifqa Barry, the central Ohio teenager who converted from Islam to Christianity. Bary fled to Florida during the summer, saying she feared her father would kill her because of her conversion. Bary is now back in Ohio under foster care. Her case is moving through the legal system. A hearing...

In the most egregious violation of Rifqa's Bary's civil rights, Rifqa is being denied essential contact with the outside world. Her laptop has been confiscated. And now friends of hers are being denied the right to see her. And the couple of people who were allowed to see her in the past were fingerprinted. She has been in Ohio for two weeks, and still there is no "pre-approved list" of visitors for Rifqa. On more than one occasion Rifqa has asked and been denied her request to see friends. At a previous almost covert hearing that was held, Mohamad and...

Video and photos from the Rally For Rifqa Bary in Columbus, Ohio on 11/16/09

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Rifqa Bary’s custody battle is now in the hands of the Columbus, Ohio, court system. She will make her first court appearance there next month. The 17-year-old ran away from home after her Muslim parents discovered she had become a Christian. Her story has gained international attention, and on Monday, supporters filled the Columbus court house square to make sure it is not forgotten. More than 100 people filled the square outside the Columbus Juvenile Court to show support for Rifqa Bary, whom most have never met. Nonie Darwish traveled from Los Angeles. What will be Bary’s...

Activists hold 'Rally for Rifqa' outside courthouse Monday, November 16, 2009 1:47 PM By Meredith Heagney The Columbus Dispatch Across the street from the courthouse where Fathima Rifqa Bary's fate is to be decided, about 120 people gathered today to pray for her and rally against Islam. They were bloggers, Christian activists and friends of the 17-year-old Northeast Side girl who said her father would kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity. The girl, who goes by Rifqa, ran away to Florida in July and was returned to the custody of Franklin County Children Services late last month. She...

BLACKOUT ON RIFQA BARY; RALLY FOR RIFQA MONDAY! Rifqa Bary's case is a test case in numerous ways. It involves the question of whether American courts can successfully be compelled to follow Sharia provisions regarding the imprisonment of female apostates. It will show whether the American legal system and American society are up to the challenge of defending the freedom of religion and freedom of conscience from stealth jihadists and Islamic supremacists. It will show whether Muslim girls facing a domestic situation analogous to Rifqa's have any hope, even in the Land of the Free. (Robert Spencer)

A real death threat made public against Christian convert Rifqa Bary.

Fellow Christians can write and encourage Rifqa through her website, follow the link provided for more information. In a previous report on Rifqa Bary—the Ohio teen who had converted from Islam to Christianity, and fled to Florida as she felt her life was in danger from an honor killing by her father—the Florida judge had ordered Rifqa's parents to present immigration documents to the court before the girl could be sent back to Ohio. However, according to a report on Bary's website, a "behind the scenes" deal was said to have been cut where the Florida court would drop the...

In what may be the first recorded instance of a Muslim wife attempting to murder her husband for not being pious enough, a Staten Island woman was charged this week with attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. Rabia Sarwar, a 37-year-old Muslim, said she did it because her husband, a 41-year-old Pakistani native, enjoyed booze and pork and wanted her to dress in revealing clothes. (She held fabric over her face and threw a shawl over her head before leaving court on Thursday.) While the Sarwar case is sensational by dint of the role-reversal and the method...

Our anti-Islamist Christian friends that recently had their freedom of speech denied at a recent Arab festival in Michigan, are taking it to the radio tonight. The subject will be Rifqa Bary, and apostasy in Islam. "David Wood of Acts 17 Apologetics and I are going to be guests on the Aramaic Broadcasting Network show, "Jesus or Muhammad," tonight. We are covering the Rifqa Bary story and more generally, apostasy in Islam. The show is 6:30 to 9:00pm EST and then again at 10:30pm to 1:30am EST. We will have a guest caller, Jamal Jivanjee, a personal friend of Rifqa's...

GRAVE DANGER, OR JUST 'ELEVATED' DANGER FOR RIFQA BARY? (an important update regarding Rifqa Bary's situation in Ohio- 30 Oct. 2009) To all concerned, Let me begin this article by saying THANK YOU! From the beginning of Rifqa Bary's situation, many people from around the country have rallied to stand with her in prayer, and support in numerous ways. When a request for funding was needed, you responded in miraculous ways. When you were asked to email the governor's office in Florida, you responded in miraculous ways. As you know, she was sent back to Ohio last week. After the...

Rally for Rifqa's Civil Rights on November 16th

To all those who value life, Please take a few minutes to consider the life of our sister in the faith Rifqa Bary, which is once again in grave jeopardy. On Tuesday October 27’th, Rifqa Bary was handed over to Ohio authorities for placement in foster care in Franklin County. Over the previous weekend, a very unfortunate deal was made by Rifqa’s former Florida Guardian Ad Litem, Krista Bartholomew, with Rifqa’s parent’s attorney David Colley that allowed Rifqa to be transferred back to Ohio. The gist of this (behind the scenes) deal was the following: 1. Because Rifqa’s parents are...

[ABOVE: Rifqa Bary] The Fate of Riqua Bary Seems Not to Matter to Authorities Does Riqua Bary's life matter? How the authorities stacked the deck against the runaway Muslim girl from Ohio who converted to Christianity.In virtually unprecedented breach of protocol, the State of Florida ridiculed Riqua Bary's belief that she would be in danger if she, as a Christian convert, were returned to her father and brother's household. Ms Bary is a 17-year-old minor. Being raised in a Muslim household, she was well aware that the crime for apostasy was death. With the help of a Christian missionary,...

A Florida judge ordered today that Fathima Rifqa Bary be returned to Ohio. The 17-year-old religious runaway will be transferred into the care of Franklin County Children Services. To ensure her safety, the details of her transfer will not be released, the Florida Department of Children and Families said in an e-mailed statement. Judge Daniel P. Dawson of the 9 t h Judicial Circuit Court of Florida agreed last week that Bary's case should be heard in Ohio, but he said he first wanted to receive documents detailing her immigration status. The girl is a native of Sri Lanka.

<p>Rifqa Bary ordered back to Ohio by Florida Judge where she faces certain murder by islamists.</p>

Here is a video report on an Iraqi father living in Peoria, Arizona, who ran down his own daughter and her friend in a parking lot with his Jeep Grand Cherokee because he was reportedly angry with her for becoming too "Westernized." Peoria police are looking for a father suspected of running down his daughter because she was becoming too "westernized" and was not living according to their traditional Iraqi values.Peoria police say 48-year-old Faleh Hassan Almaleki of Glendale allegedly ran his daughter down Tuesday at an Arizona Department of Economic Security parking lot in Peoria.(VIDEO)

Last Tuesday there was yet another hearing for Rifqa Bary, the girl who converted from Islam to Christianity and fled to Florida from her family in Ohio after saying that her father threatened her life. It was agreed that Ohio has jurisdiction in her case. That means Rifqa is ultimately to be returned to Ohio, but not so fast: the Florida court maintains emergency jurisdiction. And Florida Judge Daniel Dawson is firm: Rifqa will not be returned to Ohio until the family’s immigration status is cleared up. That could take awhile. On Wednesday at my Web site AtlasShrugs.com, I broke...