A court hearing is underway in Tampa, Florida regarding 17 year-old Rifqa Bary, a Christian convert from Islam, who fears for her life.
WDBO is live blogging the hearing here. Below is the latest:
This case is about jurisdiction, whether she can stay in the care of the Florida Department of Children and Families, or whether she has to be turned over to Ohio authorities.
..."Rifqa wants to be here," said one of her lawyers.
....update: A hearing is set for September 3rd at 2:30 p.m. A dependency petition will be argued at that time.
update: Rafqa is making her statement to the court. "I've been a christian for 4 years of my life. I love my parents but I am in fear of my life because of the past abuse. I assure your honor Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. I am a Christian, a believer."
...Rifqa will spend some time with her younger brothers, but does not want to meet with her parents at this time.
update: Rifqa is staying in a foster home. Her foster parents are not willing to allow supervised visitation of Rifqa's family or friends right now. The judge is recommending DCF take charge of the issue and hold these meetings in an outside location where it can be videotaped.
...The hearing ended at 4:07 p.m.
The judge has ruled jurisdiction is in Florida, for now.
Update 8/24/09: Not surprisingly, Time Magazine, which is owned by Timer Warner who also owns CNN, - both spinners of the leftist ideology, hints in an article titled, A Florida Culture-War Circus Over Rifqa Bary, that if Bary's story is false this "saga" could be the result of a Crusades-era belief brainwashing and that Rifqa left home after a "dispute", rather than fear for her life as Rifqa said herself. A Muslim writer, Mohammad Anwar, wasted no "time" in his piece Case of Rifqa Barry, another attempt to defame Islam to bolster his claim that Bary's case is an attempt to defame Islam and spread hate against the religion and there is no such thing as honor killing in Islam.
Yet, in Pakistan today, it was reported a man killed his wife and two daughters over honor. And on the 13th of August, the Vancouver Sun reported Honour killings' of girls and women on the rise in Canada: expert, including a quadruple killing there in June.
According, to several reports, Bary's parents attend the Noor Islamic Cultural Center in Toledo, Ohio. This mosque has been known for hosting some questionable speakers here and here
Update 9/4/09: Judge in Rifa Bary case "willing to chance" mediation effort WDBO Radio - He further ordered them not to speak to the media about the case. The order does not apply to the principals, Rifqa or her parents back in Ohio.
The next hearing is scheduled for September 29.
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Also see:
zTruth : Rifqa Bary, a young Christian convert in her own words
8/24/09 From a former Muslim, Nonie Darwash titled Saving Rafqa :
Apostates are to be given three days to repent and return to Islam. If the apostate refuses, he or she will be killed immediately. Books on Islamic Sharia agree unanimously on this point. For instance, Muslim scriptures such as the Sahih Hadith by the prophet Mohammad 9:50 states: "No Umma [a member of the Muslim community] should be killed for killing a Kaffir [an infidel]. . . Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him."
2. It is obligatory for a Muslim caliph to ask the apostate to repent and return to Islam. If he does, his return to the fold is accepted; but if he refuses, he must be killed.
3. There is no indemnity for killing an apostate, nor is there any expiation required, since killing an apostate is tantamount to killing someone who deserves to die.
4. The testimony of apostates is not admissible in Sharia courts.
5. An apostate cannot claim an inheritance from Muslim parents.
6. The marriage of an apostate is immediately dissolved if the spouse is and remains Muslim.
10/2/07: Christianity's Image Problem - TIME: ...It used to be, says David Kinnaman, that Christianity was both ... Rather, he sees resentment as focused on perceived Christian attitudes. ...
9/13/04: TIME Magazine: The Struggle For The Soul of Islam: A TIME cover story explaining the The Struggle For The Soul of Islam.
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