Kudos To The Legal Team of Angela Lloyd and Kort Gatterdam
Christmas arrived early this year for this brave, young ex-Muslim convert to Christianity. Judge Mary Goodrich in Columbus, Ohio, has just decided that Rifqa, who will turn eighteen in five days, does not have to return to her family (all of whom are here illegally from Sri Lanka). According to breaking local news,
“Goodrich also said it’s not in the girl’s best interest to return her to her native Sri Lanka. Bary is (also) an illegal immigrant. The ruling allows her attorneys to file for a special immigration status to allow her to stay in the U.S. while she continues medical treatment following recent surgery for uterine cancer.”
Allow me to congratulate her hard-working, dedicated, and skillful lawyers: Angela Lloyd and Kort Gatterdam. But most of all, allow me to congratulate Rifqa herself for her extraordinary strength and courage.
Without going into details, allow me to note that this decision is a triumph of committed pro bono lawyering. Rifqa is both young and poor; nevertheless, she found a legal team able and willing to represent her for no money — indeed, to go up against a legal team funded (and/or morally supported) by CAIR, the Council on American Islamic Relations.
For those who insist that there is no justice in America: What do you think Rifqa’s fate might have been in a Muslim country or even in Sri Lanka, where Muslims comprise a minority of the population? While justice is far, far from perfect in America, here is one, shining example, one brilliant moment, in which justice has triumphed. At the midnight hour, Magistrate Goodrich rendered a just decision.
For those who claim that Americans are racists, that they dislike both dark-skinned people and illegal aliens — please note that Rifqa Bary is beautifully dark-skinned and was brought here, illegally, as a child, by her family. She arrived here as an undocumented Muslim. Nevertheless, lawyers in both Florida and Ohio stepped forward to protect and defend her. The system-we-love-to-hate appointed these lawyers. No angry grassroots group, no Christian activist association did what the American state did: Actually pay for it all.
Rifqa, like our earliest founding ancestors, will now be able to freely practice her chosen religion. She converted from Islam to Christianity. This is a capital crime among Muslims and could lead to her death, either at the hands of her own family or at the hands of any “righteous” Muslim. Rifqa’s lawyers have defended her right to convert to Christianity without having to die for her choice.
Finally a judge in htis case with a brain. Best wishes for Rifqa, may she also be blessed with health as well as her freeedom.
Would that someone in the ‘United Kingdom of Dhimmis’
could do something about the Brimar trashers ‘judge’.
If it were his home that was systematically trashed
to the tune of 187,000 pounds sterling, “pro bono publico”,
the ‘so-called’ judge would speak out of the other side
of his tempero-anal orifice.
This is just one win for the good guys. I hope RB encourages
others to leave this evil cult of the dead.
What lovely news — any chance she can use the special status to apply for citizenship while she’s here? She’d be an asset to this country.
God be praised.
Thanks to you, Ms. Chesler, for being a friend in this story.
This is good news! I hope she finds some peace and happiness in her life. What an ordeal this young girl has and is going through. I wish her great success and hope she is surrounded by many loving people.
While I share the author’s happiness on Rifqa’s behalf, all of us must realize that this is only the beginning. Even if she is granted citizenship she will be in grave danger the rest of her life from Muslim thugs. Rifqa needs to get a CCW permit ASAP, then get a handgun and learn how to use it. (Given the free legal and medical support she has received, perhaps a patriotic gun shop can provide her a suitable firearm for free or at a large discount.)
I don’t know what Ohio’s gun and self-defense laws are, but if they’re too restrictive Rifqa should seriously consider returning to Florida, which has excellent “castle doctrine” and “stand your ground” laws.
Exactly right.
Very very moving! Thank you for sharing that. Then: for the Cancer this won’t be very easy, and I wish her to succeed … over it! With Love.
Very well put. Thank you for keeping us all up to date on this matter.
This is wonderful news indeed! God bless everyone who helped Rifqa in any way, especially the lawyers and Dr. Chesler, who kept us updated on the story.
Thank and praise God and His special helper Phyllis! Let’s pray for God’s protection of that brave girl!
She is free, but an Apostate. Will Islam need her murdered?
Tell me again, who paid for her healthcare.
death to multiculturalism!
death to hypocrisy!
Death to Political Correctness!
I’m so happy for Rifqa! God bless you child.
Unfortunately, I found Ms. Chesler’s reporting to be offensive. Chesler kept going out of her way to mention the shade of Rifqa’s skin as if white people are to be presumed guilty of racism against such people unless found to be innocent. That is an outrageous slur by Chesler in a nation that mainstreams the likes of Barack, Michell, Farrakhan, Sharpton, Holder and on and on.
I’d also like to fact check Chesler’s claim that Rifqa received no support from the Christian community, the same community that has been trumpeting her cause since the beginning.
Lastly, what heck is her “undocumented”, as Chesler calls them, family doing in the United States? Let them follow the commands of the wicked Muhammad back in Sri Lanka where they belong.
Respectfully, I think you misread her intent in continually bringing up race. I think it was a tad heavy handed, but the point needs to be made- many people automatically assume that ours is a racist system just by institution, and that a non-caucasian can’t get a fair chance, period.
Ms. Chessler continually bringing up her race is to show that in fact, the system is not necessarily institutionally racist (nor xenophobic). She wasn’t implying that white people are racist, but rather showing that a supposedly racist system isn’t. Re-read the piece, look for the points where she says just that. Our evil racist judicial system protected a non-caucasian illegal immigrant. To most of us, it’s a ‘well, duh..’, to many progressives, if they took the time to wrap their heads around it, their brains could explode.
There is pervasive theory – and many “social justice” practices and programs based squarely on it- that to be white in the US is to be racist (please note, that is NOT my personal belief- I repeat, this is not my personal belief!), regardless of how many friends you have that aren’t white, or what you practice in your personal life, to be white is to be priviliged, be a part of and unconciously supporting the controlling institution (note how easy it is for progressives to shout ‘racist!’ at anyone who is in favor of controlling immigration, or even just enforcing current law).
Go online, you’ll find groups of people, who are otherwise upstanding members of the community, “educating themselves” and trying to convince others that they are also racists. It’s sadly ironic though, since these people could be doing good, like volunteering for literacy programs in poor areas, or working at youth centers, and outreach centers, but seem to think that navel gazing is better (actually, sadly, they think they’d be oppressing the minority kids they could be helping, simply with their whiteness).
So again, I think that Ms. Chessler was heavy handed, but the point needed to be made. A system that is routinely decried as racist simply by institution, protected someone who was not white, nor of legal entry into the country.
For the next part- she didn’t say that there was no support from the Christian Community, but rather that the government paid for the legal proceedings. There is a difference there. I’m sure Rifqa had the support of her church and the community around it (she has to have somewhere to live and food to eat, and the support of others), and probably a lot of political and grassroots support, but the government covered the legal tab, or at least that’s why I get out of it (I haven’t read the news articles, so that might be semi-erroneous).
I think the larger point is linked to the one above- our supposedly uncaring, racist system not only protected this young woman, but also supported and paid for the process. She owes no fees, and no court fees. Our system (we, the people) and some compassionate lawyers, footed the bill.
As for the family, there might be other issues going on- Did they flee sri lanka for asylum reasons? Immigrants, legal and not, come here for many reasons, and it could be that the background to her family coming here is just as sad as her needing to be free of her family and the community surrounding it. I’m not in favor of forgiving illegal immigration, but at the same time, I don’t want to immediately say ship the family out without knowing the rest of the situation.
The government needs to take her father by the balls,assuring that his heart and mind will follow, as well as the rest of the family to the deportation gate. Throw all m*** out of our country. This cult needs to be declared NOT a religion and ban it. Those that want to practice it should be deported summarily.
There were Christian lawyers and lawyers available to Rifqa, pro bono, who are very familiar with sharia law, which is what a lot of Muslims practice. That knowledge would have been greatly beneficial to her legal counsel.
I do love the way you write.
Yeah Rifqa. I am so happy for her.May God continue to bless and keep her.
In addition, hopefully a restraining morder will be issued to keep family at a distance.
HELL YEAH!
Dear Phyllis – I know that when the case was going on in Florida, at the request of Florida’s attorney-general you submitted an affidavit on Rifqa Bary’s behalf, as also did Ibn Warraq, apostate from Islam; both of you, from your extensive knowledge, stating that the danger to Rifqa as a declared apostate from Islam was real and grave.
Thank *you* and bless *you*. And blessings on Mr Warraq too. You did everything you could, from a position of some authority as published authors and public figures, to make known – to the legal people, but also to ordinary Americans – the facts about Islam’s apostasy law.
I do hope that someday soon you, Ms Chesler, may be able to give little Rifqa a motherly Jewish hug and welcome her to America.
And I am sure that other apostates, Mr Warraq but also people such as Wafa Sultan, Nonie Darwish, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali (who is settling in America) will have excellent advice for her on practical matters of personal safety and security.
I will continue to pray for her. It will be wonderful if her cancer is fully cured. But if it is not, then at least she will depart into the presence of the Holy One as a free woman, surrounded and supported by loving friends.
Whatever happens, her case has surely brought to the attention of many, many people – not only in the USA but elsewhere – the fact that the Ummah of Islam kills – or tries to kill – those who try to leave it.
Everyone involved with this case should make sure to point out that if Rifqa Bary had not been a young and pretty girl convert to Christianity -if this had been, instead, a case involving a gangling and spotty 17 year old *boy* who fled his Muslim family and pronounced himself no longer a Muslim but an out-and-out atheist, or a Buddhist, the danger of such an apostate boy’s being killed by his family or by others in the Muslim ‘community’ would have been exactly the same and the campaign on his behalf, mounted by those who know about the Apostasy Law of Islam, would have been just as passionate, and the joy just as great when the apostate’s right to freedom of conscience, and to life, was affirmed.
Good news indeed! I believe that the same Jesus who freed my sister-in-Christ is also able to completely heal this cancer. I pray that she will find the right, Godly husband to both courageously stand with her, and model loving committed, Christian marriage. May they then demonstrate to the world true freedom for women, unlike that in Islam.
great story! she left one brutal religon for another! I wonder why didn’t she convert to Judaism?
Miriam,
Where in the Bible does it say that Christians must kill someone if they leave Chistianity? How dare you try to compare. How many Christian churches are allowed to be built in Muslum countries?
As usual a dumb remark Miriam.
I’m actually thinking stupid, dumb, asinine, foolish,unknowing, but I won’t say it. I don’t have a dog in the religion thing. However, this young woman needs to be respected for her courage and new life and the courage it has taken to take a stand and fight for a better life.
Kudos to her legal team.
miriam, our resident troll leaps into action! Ha! Christians suck! HA! HA! Take that! ….sneaks back to the super secret troll cave.
Excuse me, but the whole theme of this is her ability to choose whatever religion she chooses. Each one has its history of oppression and factions that are a problem. So stop knocking Christianity!
Bigotry against Christianity is still fashionable, I see.
Actually, the Old Testament is far more brutal than the New. Just read Deuteronomy. Death for adultery! Death for disobedient sons! Of course, both Judaism and Christianity consider the Old Testament holy.
Stop playing with words. Christians do consider the Bible holy but Christ, in person, put a stop to stoning adulterers. That was two thousand years ago. I don’t remember it having been reinstated since then.
I guess I missed something . How was Bary’s situation life threatening as a Christian convert in Sri Lanka ? It said Islam is a minority force there.
And the barb about angry grassroots and Christians was unnecessary. We see stories all the time about foreign children and dark skinned people from every corner of the globe being rescued and saved by Christian white people .
I believe Muslim evil should receive your rage rather than Christians.
Islam is 8% of the Sri Lanka population. Critical mass to the point where they can and do push their weight around. I’ve read several articles that state once the muslim population gets to ~5% they feel justified in getting their way.
Take a look at European countries with the same or less % of muslims – you know what is going on there if you’ve read much in these pages.
“We see stories all the time about foreign children and dark skinned people from every corner of the globe being rescued and saved by Christian white people .”
Indeed…..just look at Haiti for recent examples of white christians helping out…again and again and again.
I agree with you, I didn’t particularly like that barb as well. There have been many Christian groups and grassroots groups who have helped in this fight. I personally have friends here in Jacksonville, Florida, who have spent their own time and money attending each and every hearing that Rifqa has had, showing their support, writing letters to the judges, etc. This isn’t something that was done out of the goodness of the government’s heart. This case was originally brought to the forefront by Christians and grassroots groups. If it had not been for them, this case would have been dropped and this poor girl might possibly be dead by now.
This is wonderful news and I am so happy for Rifqa. But we must continue our prayers for her – for the cancer and for continued protection.
Agreed!!
I can hear some Lefty saying .. “where’s the rage over illegal immigration here?” However, she is underage and did not break the law herself. Her situation does require asylum statues. Its an exceptional case.
Heck, we should offer flat out asylum to any apostate or any Muslim woman anywhere in the world for how this religion generally treats its women… leave the faithful menfolk at home, however. I know, not happening in my lifetime, Ill bet.
exactly. While we should strive for LEGAL immigration. there is a BIG difference btw letting 1 little girl facing persecution and possible death by returning, VS 15 MILLION + people who think its their right to come in, take over and have more rights than the citizens. But remember, libs only think in absolutes..they think they are absolutly right and anyone who disagrees is absolutly wrong.
Thank you for your coverage, Phyllis. It seems that Rifqa had four enemies (cancer, Islam, her immigration status and the inept Children’s Services) but by Tuesday she should only have one. Great news!
WRJonas, that is a very good question, and what you missed is that Sri Lanka is currently in a state of chaos and anarchy. Its government is in no position to protect individuals; indeed, the Buddhists are rather hostile to the Christian community. It is the perfect set-up for the “minority force” of Muslims to commit an honour killing and not even be noticed. Rifqa has already received one death-threat from Sri Lanka, so we know she is a specific target there.
Janis, the whole point of the S.J.I.S. is that it eventually leads to citizenship. It gives Rifqa the immediate right to stay in the U.S.A. until she is 21, during which time her application is supposed to be processed. Marc’s suggestion would also solve her immigration problems, although we can’t count on that one.
Steve, Rifqa’s parents arrived in the U.S.A. on a working visa that expired in 2005. At least two immigration applications were rejected, but they probably have more in the pipeline. I expect their friends in C.A.I.R. will use their influence with the Immigration Department to hasten the Barys’ citizenship.
Strider, I think Rifqa already knows that she can’t stay in Ohio. If she knows where she’s going next, then she’d be a fool to tell anyone. Elliot, the average murderer does not respect a restraining order. The problem is not just the family – it is the entire Islamist community. How can a “restraining order” cover every single one of them?
Leatherneck, her healthcare has been state-funded so far, but she will need a private fund after she is 18. Steve is right – she has received numerous donations from well-wishers, some of whom are Christians, and these will contribute to her medical expenses until she has permission to find a job of her own. Meanwhile, I expect she will do voluntary work, as has been her custom in the past. While this doesn’t relieve the American taxpayer, it is a concrete expression of goodwill to the American community.
Just a question. Who paid for her health care?
I don’t know if I can handle all of the Mean Spirited Hatred from the Extreme Right Wingnuts commenting on this article.
The Hatred for this Illegal Female who Doesn’t Look Like Them is almost overwhelming.
One can feel the spirit of Rush Limbaugh’s Right Wing Hate flowing from almost every comment.
How does Pajama’s Media get away with sponsoring this kind of Hate?
Troll alert….. Troll Alert…. Abandon all logic…..
Who are you listening to? Rush doesn’t project hate unless you see something that isn’t there. While he is bombastic and a bit arrogant, he’s mostly right. He talks about the wrongs people do when they oppress others, not how to oppress others. He says stuff in sarcasm that may sound hateful but it’s to make a point of how others act. I get the impression from your message that you took your opinion of him from listening to comments about him on MSNBC or CNN instead of actually listening to him. The only racism on the right (except for an extremely small number of crazy people you will find in any group) is what is projected there by the leftist socialists who can’t make their points except by ad hominem attacks. Try listening to Rush for a week or so and you will find that he isn’t hateful at all except to people who are working to destroy this country. They deserve it.
Uh, Clausewitz and Chris Baker, I believe j.d. was being sarcastic—note the use of capital letters in the post? To emphasize the left’s talking (ranting) points…
Are you a moron? Where do you get your information from,MSNBC??? Rush does not hate illegals,he doesn’t hate any minorities. Are you aware that he hired Elton John to sing at his wedding and a black man is a close friend of his on his radio show? I think the only hater here is YOU,and we don’t need your kind on this website.
Good for her! God bless America!
I’m sometimes very critical of your take on things, Ms Chesler, but kudos is due to you too, along with the other tireless internet writers, heroes all, who kept this story alive and forefront in the new media.
Good work!
Somebody PLEASE tell me JD (#25) is being sarcastic! If not, Nurse Rachet forgot to give Mr. Murphy his meds today. And who the hell let him near a computer??
Sarcastic Much.
I thought the overuse of buzzwords would be a dead givaway.
Sarcasm is always a dangerous toy.
{Admiring array of bullet holes in my own feet}
LMAO … I guess I’m not the only one who does that!
You are definitely NOT the only one to shoot yourself in the foot occasionally. I’ve done it too! In fact, I like to joke that I’ve shot myself in the foot so many times I’ve had to stop and reload – twice
Yep, sarcasm is dangerous and difficult to pull off in print. Really
need the spoken word to catch the subtleties invloved.
I admit I also thought you were sincere. I see your point now though.
CAIR’s existence in America is a travesty. Islam is a conterfeit ‘religion’ and hearing mayor Duffusberg calling this Rauf guy a ‘clergy’ makes me want to vomit. It’s about time that everyone comes to the realisation that the ‘fruits’ of this tyranny called Islam are nothing but murder,mayhem, deception and revenge; and have been for centuries. Islam is ruled by a handful of Imams that claim to be interpretors of the aHaditha etc. Those books include words by Mo’ himself; specific books that try to explain the Koran, because the Koran is such a confusing text; based on fear and revenge.
Again…Phyllis Chesler bringing one of the most significant stories of the day to our attention; your are the best Phyllis; thank you. For all those who value freedom; this is a watershed story for the U.S.A. because it signifies the end of the domination of Islamic apology, and their constant stealth jihad of destroying our country from within; riding of course on the coattails of our blessed PC politicians all the way from the WH down.
Rifka you are a worthwhile person, and may God Bless you and all those that have supported you along the way.
I would like to see at least one of the “just want to live in peace Mulims” convince me that they agree that Rifqa has the right to choose her religon without dieing for her choice.
Im athiest and I am very happy for her. While I may not believe in a religion. I am proud to live in a country where we are all free to believe and not believe as we see fit. It upsets me when fello athiest not only deny historical fact about America but complain about how ‘oppressed’ they are because they have to hear ‘merry christmas’ or see a cross or have someone say ‘god bless you’ when they sneeze. The need to realize what REAL oppression is and that there are REAL religions that demand you convert or die PERIOD. no live and let live. no turn the other cheek, no freedom to worship the same go as you see fit. 1 way only and any diversion can and will be punishable by death.
Wonderful news. Not only is this ultimate justice, but it is a case where her illegal status should grant her special dispensation.
Without a doubt, this girl would be dead within the year from Islamist retribution if sent home.The cancer would be the least of her problems.
Thanks to pro bono lawyers (a blessing on their heads)and a clear eyed court verdict, this brave young woman may well live into adulthood.
L’chaim!
WHAT DOES JD STAND FOR JUST DEMENTED?
Finally, some good news in this sorry story.
I would suggest Rifqa now apply for her concealed weapon permit as I would not put it past some “righteous” Muslim male, including members of her own family, to attempt to kill her as an example that no matter where you are, you cannot escape Islam.
From France…
Tears in my eyes, this is America as in our child and adult dreams, best wishes for her recovery.
My hope is now in America winning the war imposed to us by that ideology much more dangerous than communism and nazism as fully incompatible with the fundamentals of our civilization.
Don’t give up! We shall overcome!
God is good!!!
I thank God that our prayers have been answered so far but Rifqa will need our future prayers and support as well.
Please keep Rifqa in your prayers for her health, safety, and her very own pursuit of happiness.
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from http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/200581.php :
Rifqa wants and needs continued funding for both the costs associated with defending her and money to live on when she is ultimately released.
Donations are still needed and can be made online
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=94QKN3YEH888Q&lc=US&item_name=Rifqa%20Bary%20Trust%20Fund¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donateCC_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted
or mailed to
Fathima Rifqa Bary Trust
c/o Michael A. O’Quinn, Trustee
28 West Central Boulevard, Fourth Floor
Orlando, Florida 32801
Checks or money orders should be made payable to “Fathima Rifqa Bary Trust.”
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In Christ.
What a wonderful example for all of us, this young courageous woman. We must protect our precious republic against all enemies, foreign and especially domestic.
Rifqa’s family is illegal and should be sent home. We must fight the encroachment of Sharia law in our country, and defeat it. America is the protector of the oppressed in the world, and we accept all religions but our Judeo-Christian heritage is and always has been our identity. We must fight to preserve our country from forces committed to “hope and change”. What is so wrong with the greatest country in the world??? We must fight for freedom or we will lose it.
thank the LORD thatthe little girl came there.trust ye him at all times.HE will never fail us.GOD bless americaand those wonderful people who are helping this dark skinned illegal immagriant.
the lord is good to all those who put their trust in HIM.There will be problems but God who made this little child is over all and we shall cross the bridge when we cometo it.thank you dear citizens.GOD bless you all for the help .
Hooah! Now let’s all pray she finds the peaceful obscurity she probably wants, and that her uterine cancer has been truly licked.
Rifqa Bary free thanks to tireless work of her attorneys – CAIR, hardest hit.
“We will soon all find out what what will happen vis a vis Rifqa’s immigration status.
I don’t care about her status. I just want to see her bottom feeding illegal “parents” tossed out of the country…PRONTO…for attempted murder.
Rifqa won!!!!!
I’m so happy:)
We are winning against Islam!
Praise Jesus in the Highest. God speed to your health and freedom,Rifqa
Hoorah and even more Hallelujah !
Freedom of Conscience is and should always be recognized as our most precious God given Right.
Mohammedans world wide don’t recognise this for the most part. Liberals don’t value it as they should, unless
you bomb things like the Pentagon and police stations and such , then you are a hero and if you fall in with right bunch of radical chic hippsters in New York or Chicago , you can get on with a Soros funded think tank and write health care bills and such , in preparation for the time we get some owlhead like Obama in the White House and etc.
If Rifqa needs a temp home with christians in another state let me know.
It would allow her to disapear from the “radar”.
My wife and I are trained in foster care (all ages).
My youngest of 4 children is 24 years old.
I might be back from Iraq soon (contractor).
email me.
This is the wonderful news I’ve been waiting for!
I’ve been hoping beyond hope that I would get to see just this sort of news. But as the story played out things looked so bleak considering the sick way child services acted and the resources given the family by fellow fanatics. But the system has worked for her in the end and I hope it continues to do so further on. Please pass it on if Miss Bary doesn’t have access to this just yet that there are plenty of Christians out here who wish her nothing but the best and happiness!
Of course we need to keep in mind that there is more work ahead. We need to keep her in our mind and prayers and those who can need to help in whatever way we can so that she keeps her victories end the end.
From what I have read about this young lady, once she gets past her difficulties in the immigration system & deals w/ her cancer, she will be a credit to her adopted country. I suspect she will repay any kindness shown to her, ten fold.
Many still try to make issue of race when it comes to illegal aliens. The issue is NOT race. It is the law & especially once one realizes that just coming in is against the law (although many say its no big deal), but that initial crime “always’ leads to multiple additional & much more serious crimes.
Identity theft in the USA is our fastest growing crime & any who have suffered this know it ruins one’s life & causes all sorts of problems that could take ten years to fix, if then.
Illegal aliens use forged &/or stolen identity documents to get jobs, to drive a car, etc. Its drivers licenses, its birth certificates, its passports, its Social Security cards, its all sorts of documents & they all are much more serious crimes. No one can steal in illegally & not break multiple more & more serious laws. THAT is a large part of the problem w/ illegal aliens. Add national security & stability of our economic systems, plus more, and these are why we must “properly” secure our porous & virtually unprotected southern border w/ Mexico.
This girls case was one of the unusual. I agree all cases should be reviewed & where appropriate, illegal aliens should be deported. Those we decide can stay should go to the back of the line, pay fines, & be required to assimilate through renouncement of their previous nationality & learning our language, plus learning about America.
Good luck Rifqa!
I want to add my blessings and hopes for healing and joy for dear Rifqa. I was similarly hated by members of my family when I turned to Christ. (only, my Dad was just an athiestic American) We are many who wish you well, and have been looking forward to hearing about you. I pray that you will be strong, courageous, and bless’d.
What a powerful article! For once news has reported the plight of Christians in Muslim countries and HERE in America! My classes have actively followed Rifqa’s plight from its inception and sent her cards and letters as permitted. In America we will soon be without the freedoms that we have been best known. Tyrants and anti-freedom entities have invaded us using our laws and ideologies against us. I’m afraid they will ultimately win as we have a government that is not favorable to the way of life we have known. I am concerned for Rifqa’s fate here in America as any who wear the turban will be against her and will consider her death as praise to their god. Maybe her plight will awaken Americans to our similar plight, but also let converts from Islam know that a relationship with Jesus is worth the cost – even death.
Here, we have a story of right vs wrong. A Magistrate recognized the danger to this young woman if she were to rule against her. Solomon in his wisdom recognized the evil intent of a “false mother” when ordered the child rendered in half so each claiment could possess the child. CAIR knew full well the results awaiting this “Child” yet they persisted in their course of action. They would rather the “Child” be rendered in half than be allowed to choose Christianity over Islam. That is the glaring comparison for those with honest eyes to behold. The real mother in Solomons era would gladly preserve the Child at her own loss, the false mother only wanted possession even if it meant the death of the child. Islam only wants possession of this young lady even if their real intent is to end her life for converting to Christian faith.
Thank the Lord, and may He bless Rifqa. Free at last!!!
Here’s wishing Rifqa Bary a complete healing in body and spirit.
JD, I got you from the start. Well played. The rest of you are sleepwalking here.
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This comes down to ONE JUDGE who was not weak, intimidated, leftish or vain. One judge who saw it as it was and said so.
I consider this, while a nice moment for Rifqa and all who’ve prayed for her, evidence of the risk to our society of having so much in the hands of so few deciders, people who are so close to unaccountable.. this should NEVER have come down to a single judge’s decision. THe power and influence of the Muslim agents here are shocking, even though they failed here. They had lawyers, other judges, journalists all pulling for them and making conscience-searing decisions to throw that young lady to the wolves, over and over again.
It is beyond belief that it got THIS far. Thank God a line was finally drawn.