US: 17-yr-old Fathima converted to Christianity, father threatened to kill her

by Claudia on August 12, 2009 · Comments

But she has escaped (excelent!)

A teenage girl who converted to Christianity from Islam is at the center of a legal battle over whether she should be returned to her Muslim parents.

Rifqa Bary, 17 - reports say she is threatened with death by her family in Ohio for converting from Islam to ChristianityRifqa Bary, 17 – reports say she is threatened with death by her family in Ohio for converting from Islam to Christianity

Fathima Rifqa Bary, who turned 17 today, says her father twice threatened to kill her after learning she had become a Christian and had been baptized.

Last month, she ran away from her home near Columbus, Ohio, and traveled to Orlando, Fla., where she was taken in by a charismatic couple she met through a prayer group on Facebook.

She is now seeking emancipation from her parents, claiming they would kill her to defend the family’s honor if the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) returned her to their custody. In addition to Bary’s age, the case is complicated by the fact that she and her family immigrated from Sri Lanka and are not U.S. citizens.

Although Mohamed Bary denies that he threatened to kill his daughter, a juvenile court judge in Orange County today ruled that Bary can remain in Orlando in DCF custody and set a hearing for Aug. 21. Until then, Bary will live in a group home.

via Teen Says Parents Want to Kill Her for Converting.

More here and here. Photo thanks to REAL, where there is more information about this case. Her lawyer:

“‘She says her life is in danger and she could be killed in an honor killing,’ Rosa Gonzalez, the teen’s lawyer, said after the hearing. ‘Unfortunately it happens every day in the U.S.’”.

Cross-posted from T&P.

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  • southwood
    There are lots of other cases like Fatima's. What kind of parents are these people ?

    Of course...Muslims !
  • hellosnackbar
    An honour killing prevented??
    And "good" Muslims still persist in the beauty and compassion ofIslam
    As southwood says this is not an isolated case;several poor girls are the victims of murder by their evil parents.
    And the cultural equivalence filth just give a shrug of insouciance.
    Murder is murder; and the meme that these retards carry to justify this barbarous
    behaviour ;should be discouraged with capital punishment.
    The bleeding hearts and artists should be marginalised as enablers of this evil.
    And "father forgive them for they know not what they do"a redundant and non applicable principle.
    mur
  • Name
    "Not US citizens" well there you have it as I see it ,it's a clear cut case . That is what America has to look forward to? And her lawyer says this is an every day occurrence, here, in the US. Screw religious tolerance, since when is death a religion ? Since she is 17 give the parents till she is 18 to get the F out or be kicked out. Put a chip in their heads with a nail gun, heard them on a cargo boat, charge whatever stinkin country they came from for "services rendered pull up off shore (about 200 miles) push them out and let them swim the remainder. Oh and food on the voyage? That costs extra.
    Do that a coupe of times and I'd bet Muzies would be scrambling like rats on a sinking burning ship to get outta here. And That my friends is how King JohnO from Down Under would do it He suggested that to me when we were in Iraq together. Seems he might have had a good idea after all or as he would say: "99...yeha mate"
  • JEWHAWK
    "...since when is death a religion ?"

    Since 622 A.D.

    "...push them out and let them swim the remainder."

    I'd love to send them to Southern Australia to do that.I've
    heard that the GREAT WHITES love those seal-crowded
    waters.A couple of muslims swimming could be a snack
    for those sharks.
  • joesix_pack
    The penalty for leaving Islam is death. Straightforward and decisive. This is an 'authentic' law which means that Islamic scholars have determined that this was actually spoken by the prophet. This 'law' has been traditionally enforced. I believe it to also be responsible for so much of the violence between Shiite and Sunni as each side believes the other to have 'left Islam'.
  • JEWHAWK
    ..."battle over whether she should be returned to her Muslim parents".

    Her options are quite clear:If she does return,she'll be sacrificed to satisfy
    Allah's demand for innocent blood.

    If she stays away from that FREAK SHOW located at her parent's address,
    she'll have a CHANCE to become a normal girl.

    Is this what Islam has to offer to its youth?

    People who convert to Islam must be attracted by its gore,as some folks
    love horror movies,such as the ones in which JASON kills everyone.

    Jason could be an EXCELLENT muslim.
  • Kal_El
    Jewhawk,

    I am afraid I must disagree with you regarding Jason Voorhies. He has never
    been shown to blow himself up. =P
  • JEWHAWK
    You're right,Kal-El...Jason was exploded,but not by his doing.

    I was too harsh to Jason.I was lured to believe that he could
    make a good muslim,because of his fondness for sharp-bladed
    instruments...
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