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Frantic Facebook Jihad on Rifqa Bary: "In Islam, yes, apostasy is the death penalty"

They are screaming it on social networks, but in the case of Rifqa Bary, justice is not blind, it is deaf and dumb. Here are more of the fatwas against Rifqa Bary, the teenage convert from Islam who is in a fight for her life in juvenile court on Franklin County, Ohio. Did you miss this earlier today?

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F*** RIFQA BARY !!! SHAME FOR ISLAM !!!!

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AVERAGE 7000 PPL TURNING TO ISLAM EVERY SINGLE DAY IN UNITED STAES. SO THIS RIFQA MADE A SITUATION N A SHAME FOR ISLAM WITH GIVING OPPTUN'Y TO MK SO MANY THNGS FOR AMERICAN N CHRISTIANS.. THIS IS BAD AND A SHAME ..

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Mahmoud Khalidi Hey guys, JOIN MY GROUP! STOP ISLAMOPHOBIA. BRING RIFQA HOME TO HER FAMILY.

The Rifqa Bary jihad

On Fox News' homepage, is a picture of Fathima Rifqa Bary, with a Muslim cleric narrating a sahih hadith, in which when Imam Mehdi comes, even rocks will give the hiding spots of the Jews, except for one tree the Jews, the Gharqad tree. This narration is Sahih and is of the end of times, and is being twisted out of context, and made to look as if a apostate from Islam to Christianity is in danger.

Ladies and gentlemen, is it a coincidence that a conservative Christian network wants to air a story on out Holiest month, Ramadan, about a girl running from her "Crazy Extreme Father" who wants to discipline her daughter? How many stories on Fox News were about the abuse and ridicule Muslim reverts get? Who are rejected by their own families and made as out casts. Is it a coincidence "Fox News", the most far right, racist, prejudiced "News" organization ever to come on the television is airing this story continuously, everyday on our Holy month?

Put and end to this: Do they tell how she was basically brain washed by some Christian groups she met off of the internet, barely touched on it, just of the so-called crazy father.

Fathima Rifqa Bary; you know what you're doing. It's beyond me why anyone would join the Christian cult, where Islam tells us of the earth being round, every living thing being from water, Islam tells us of the end of times in which we are in, exact to the word. End this nonsense. Christianity is a religion that tells you if you're raped- the rapist must pay your father Gold, and the rapist marries the raped. Is this a just religion? Unfortunately we are bombarded with anti-Islamic content every day, making people second guess their faith. Parents from the east, who do not understand west, so they simply yell and scream at their children and push them from the straight path.

In Islam, yes, apostasy is the death penalty. However it is a ruling that is made by the Islamic Courts of Shar'iah and not done on an individual basis, hence there's no legal ruling in Islam allowing Shari'ah to be carried out in dar ul harb.

Is this fair?
Secularists: Isn't treason punishable by death? This is just betraying your country, not even your deep routed faith.

Christianity: 15:4 Mathew: For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.'

Judaism, Christianity (OT): Chronicles 15:13 All who would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman.

So stop the hypocrisy.
Islam will prevail, regardless of this pathetic exploitation of a lost soul.

May Allah (AWJ) guide Fathima Rifqa Bary back to al-Haqq, and the rest of the world, ameen.

I know of no Jews or Christians murdered for apostasy. The corpses are piles high in Islam for this crime.

Facebook Fatwa Against Rifqa Bary: "Don't Save Rifqa Bary Let Them Kill her"

Them?

Is Judge Gill and Rifqa's crack legal defense team going to continue to ignore the apostasy and sharia law for those who leave Islam? Are the CAIR militants going to act like thugs, and intimidate and pervert the American justice system to enforce Islamic law?

Add this to the list of fatwas and death threats against Rifqa Bary (remember this from September: Rifqa Bary Facebook Fatwa: "We Need to Kill Her")

Imran Nazeer (creator)

 

Imagine, these are just the ones we catch. Only G-d knows how many hit squads are out for this young woman.

FB friends are all ...........shocka! Muslims. Not a Moishe in the mix.

Breaking Rifqa

John Stemberger, Rifqa's Florida attorney, and Shaytan Elahi debate on Fox and Friends this morning. Stemberger should not be speaking for Rifqa. He is out of his league. Hey John, repeat after me: A-P-O-S-T-A-S-Y. Elahi is a shrieking Islamic propagandist, spewing taqiyya (lies to advance islam) while accusing Rifqa's defenders of what he and his CAIR benefactors are guilty of: bigotry, supremacism and dishonesty. Rifqa is nearly 18. She's a Christian. Leave her the hell alone. Period.

It's that simple. But Rifqa represents the greatest threat to Islam on the planet. Truth. Free choice. Individual rights. Freedom. So she must be destroyed.

Jamal Jivanjee, a pastor and dear friend of Rifqa, shares his grave concerns over Rifqa's deteriorating strategy in the face of the Islamic machine hell bent on shutting this apostate up and shutting her down. Increasingly isolated, one can only imagine what is going on in her head.

Dear friends and supporters of Rifqa Bary,

As we begin this New Year, I would like to ask you to take a few minutes to remember in your prayers some urgent developments regarding Rifqa Bary’s situation. Even though many were expecting Rifqa to be a dependent of the state of Ohio by now, (and thus be protected from being returned to the dire situation that she fled from), that is certainly not the case. As you may know, Rifqa’s last hearing was held on December 22’nd. During the hearing, dependency was not addressed, rather a trial to determine dependency was rescheduled for January 28’th. The proceedings that occurred on December 22’nd simply ensured that she would not be forced to meet with her parents (mediation) as her parents were demanding, and the motion to block people (3’rd parties) from communicating with Rifqa was withdrawn. This seemed like good news for Rifqa, and I left the courthouse in Franklin County pleased with the outcome of the day’s proceedings. This quickly changed the next few days as we became aware of what actually transpired behind the scenes.

Since Rifqa has been back in Ohio, the heat has gradually been turned up against her. To be blunt however, after this latest hearing on December 22’nd, it seems that all ‘hell’ has literally broken loose against Rifqa. As you may know, C.A.I.R. (Council on American Islamic Relations) is actively supporting Rifqa’s parents in this case. C.A.I.R. is a national organization which has a very precarious background whose roots are tied to the Muslim Brotherhood.

Without getting into the specifics regarding the Muslim Brotherhood and C.A.I.R.’s ties to them, you should be aware that the Muslim Brotherhood is responsible for every major terror organization that currently exists. C.A.I.R. has went to great lengths to put together a strategy to attack Rifqa Bary and her testimony of faith in Jesus Christ. It seems surreal to think that such a powerful organization has decided to attack a 17 year old convert to Christianity with such hostility, but that is indeed what they have done. The strategy of their attack is centered around 2 major objectives.

Objective #1… Keep Rifqa Bary isolated and discouraged

This objective has risen to a new level as the Bary’s C.A.I.R. appointed attorney, Omar Tarazi, filed a motion to ban Rifqa from receiving all 3’rd party communications (Christmas cards, notes, messages, etc...) While this motion was basically withdrawn, there was an undisclosed agreement made with the C.A.I.R. appointed attorney to require all communications to be screened by the court appointed (GAL) for Rifqa. Before the hearing on December 22’nd, Rifqa’s own attorney was the one screening communications for Rifqa. Apparently, this was not acceptable to C.A.I.R. They did accept the court appointed (GAL) to screen Rifqa’s communication however. They probably assumed that the court appointed (GAL) for Rifqa would see things more to the liking of C.A.I.R.

As a result, since the last hearing, Rifqa has been literally cut off from the outside world. Currently, Rifqa has absolutely no official visitors list even though in Florida she was permitted supervised visits, and I was told by Children’s services weeks ago in Ohio that a visitors list was being developed for Rifqa. Also, before the last hearing on December 22’nd, Rifqa had one ‘approved’ contact that she was allowed to have phone conversations with. After the hearing in December, Rifqa has not been allowed to have phone contact with any of her friends!

When I have inquired about the reasoning behind Rifqa’s isolation, I am told that foster children are not entitled to receive phone calls from friends, nor are they entitled visits from people. This still does not explain the fact that even since she has been back in Ohio foster care, she has been permitted to talk on the phone with a few people under supervision, but since December 22’nd, she has been forbidden to actually talk on the phone to the people that she was allowed to talk to at all! Criminals are treated better because in prison, they have the ability to make phone calls and have pastoral visits. Not so with Rifqa Bary, and it is incredibly unjust.

Objective #2…Attack those who saved Rifqa’s life and destroy her testimony

In the state of Ohio, a child can become a dependent of the state simply by showing the court that there was a conflict in the home. Anyone who knew Rifqa Bary knew very well about the nature of the conflict that she faced at home. As a matter of fact, there are upwards of 50 people who, if allowed, could possibly testify to the fact that Rifqa greatly feared for her life long before she fled from her parents in Ohio. The evidence is actually overwhelming in favor of supporting Rifqa’s assertion that she was in tremendous fear for her life for quite some time.

As a result of this overwhelming evidence, the C.A.I.R. appointed attorney wants to take the attention off of the threats that have been made against Rifqa by her parents, as well as any criticism against the Noor Mosque in central Ohio. Remember, this is the same mosque that put tremendous pressure on Rifqa’s parents to punish and deal with her conversion to Christianity.

Instead, they have brutally attacked 3 individuals, (Brian Williams of Columbus, & Blake and Beverly Lorenz of Orlando Florida) who LITERALLY saved Rifqa’s life by helping her when she fled her home. The attack and character assassination against these people has been horrific to say the least. This attack has been carried out by C.A.I.R., the media, and even some in the church community! This attack against them is very intentional. The strategy of Rifqa’s parents and C.A.I.R. is to make the assertion that Rifqa was brainwashed by the Lorenz family, as well as by Brian Williams. They are saying that Rifqa had no conflict in the home with her parents before she met them. They have been billed as predators that lured a very impressionable new convert away from her home.

Not only has C.A.I.R. been making these allegations themselves, now they have purportedly either threatened, or persuaded a former employee of the Lorenz’s church community to lie and make the same allegations against them as well! Well, with all this untruth and slander that has been leveled against Brian Williams and Blake & Beverly Lorenz, I am compelled to tell the truth surrounding how they got connected to Rifqa Bary.

Modern Day Heroes…Brian Williams & Blake and Beverly Lorenz

I have had the privilege of knowing Brian for the last several years. Brian is a young man who is very passionate about his faith in Jesus, and has a tremendous heart for seeing people mobilized to pray to affect change in our nation. Brian has started several prayer groups online, one of which now has over 100,000 members. The specific prayer group that Brian started on facebook that I’d like to talk about here is a group called the ‘United States of Prayer.’ This prayer group is the specific group that Rifqa Bary joined with a collection of people from around the country, including Beverly Lorenz. This was simply a group of people who are passionate about prayer. Most of the members, Rifqa Bary included, did not know each other prior to joining the group, rather they simply heard about the group on facebook and joined. It was through this group that Rifqa developed relationships with many people, including Brian Williams and the Lorenz family.

I’ll share this story to give you an example of what the group was like. On a particular day in early 2008, Brian shared with the group a need for prayer regarding a woman whom he knew who was making plans to acquire an abortion. Brian set up a conference call for that specific evening and invited the group members to call in and pray over the phone for the life of this baby and for the mother who was considering the abortion. About 40-50 people actually called in and prayed over the phone for this baby and for the mother. Rifqa happened to be one of the people who called in and prayed. Remember, Rifqa is not a new convert to Christianity as C.A.I.R. and others are claiming. She has been a Christian for over 4 years!

Since she lived out her faith under great duress at home, Rifqa’s main outlet for her faith was simply prayer, and this has ensured that her faith is much stronger than the average institutional church member in America! There are not many 16 year old girls in America today who would call in to a prayer group to pray for a woman whom they didn’t know. As people would find out, Rifqa is a very strong person who is passionate about God and people. Those who got to know her were amazed at how strong her faith is in general, not to mention that she was only 16 at the time. This particular story has a beautiful ending as the woman decided not to abort her baby, and the mother herself discovered faith in Jesus as well.

As a natural result of this prayer group, friendships began to form and people began to get to know each other. Since Rifqa was forbidden to attend any institutional church, these relationships acted as her ‘church’ so to speak. Rifqa began forming close relationships with people like Abigal Dykema who spent hours on the phone mentoring Rifqa through extremely difficult times in her home. There were others like Shannon Psotta who got to know Rifqa as well through this group. The more that people got to know Rifqa, the more they realized the abuse that Rifqa had endured and the hostility that Rifqa was facing at home. Rifqa herself shared the threat that she was facing with her new friends from the prayer group.

When Rifqa fled her home, she chose to seek out Blake & Beverly Lorenz for help. Beverly was first informed about Rifqa’s situation from Shannon Psotta (a friend from the facebook prayer group). When Beverly heard about the serious situation that Rifqa was facing, she simply began to pray for Rifqa. It was shortly after that time that Rifqa herself reached out and contacted Beverly for help. I am convinced that by taking Rifqa into their home when circumstances developed that forced Rifqa to flee, they literally saved Rifqa’s life!

Once we look at the facts in this case, it is a preposterous idea to think that Rifqa was a recent convert to Christianity who was brainwashed to run away. This was clearly not the case as I also knew her and the seriousness of her situation. Brian Williams told me that before he met Rifqa, he knew nothing about Islam, honor killings, or apostasy. He had never even seen a mosque as well. It was Rifqa who informed him about all these things! Does that sound like brainwashing to you? This courageous decision by the Lorenz family, and Brian Williams to help Rifqa has come with a high cost however. The media has ruthlessly attacked their character, they have been under investigation, and they have even been attacked and maligned by their own church community.

It is time for these lies to be exposed for what they are, and for the truth to be known about who these people are. By getting to know them better the last few months, I can personally tell you that these people are modern day heroes who have a tremendous love for people! I am convinced that it would do our nation well if we followed the courageous example of people like Brian Williams and the Lorenz family. If we commend and celebrate the actions of folks like Harriet Tubman and Corrie ten Boom in recent history, why are we attacking and persecuting those who follow in their example?

So what does this have to do with Rifqa Bary being in grave danger? EVERYTHING!

This case is simply about a young girl who has decided to become a follower of Jesus (Christian) and leave Islam, and as a result of this decision, her life is on the line. This is the same story that happens all over the globe to other Muslims who leave Islam to follow Christ. Rifqa is simply one of millions. If C.A.I.R. is successful in keeping attention focused on the lies that are being leveled against Brian Williams and the Lorenz family, then they never have to deal with the real issue that this case centers around. Again, this case is about a girl who has decided to leave Islam and follow Jesus as the Messiah (Christ). This case is also about exposing the threat that people face when they leave Islam. I am also convinced that Rifqa's life of devotion to prayer is an example to the sleeping American church.

By creating a fictitious reality that states that Rifqa was a weak and impressionable young girl who was brainwashed, they hope to convince the court that there was no real conflict in the home. This would cause the court to dismiss Rifqa’s plea for dependency and thereby send her back home. If that were to happen, her life would be in extreme danger. As you may realize, this trial for dependency on January 28’th is very important and the truth about this situation must be made known quickly as her trial date is fast approaching. If you are a Christian, I would again like to ask that you and your church communities pray for this precedent setting case in our nation. Pray for Rifqa’s encouragement, strength, and wisdom as well as for wisdom for her legal team. Also, please pray for Rifqa's family.

In the past many of you have emailed Franklin County Children’s services. This may be necessary again because this isolation of Rifqa has gotten worse and simply cannot be allowed to continue. The director of Children’s services may be the best person to contact about the abusive restrictions that are being put on Rifqa. Emails should be polite, yet direct. His name is Eric Fenner, and he can be contacted at this address: edfenner@FCCS.co.franklin.

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Thank you so much for your continued support and prayer for Rifqa Bary. There is much at stake in the next few weeks.

Jamal Jivanjee

The Lorenz Affidavit

A lot of lies and libel have been tossed around the Rifqa Bary case to obscure the true nature of the case -- apostasy.

The strategy of hate sponsor and un-indicted co-conspirator CAIR, the lawyer they allegedly appointed for Rifqa's parents, Omar Tarazi, and the NOOR mosque is to remove Islam from the equation and demonize Christianity -- and those around Rifqa who love her and helped her escape.

Recently the background story on Rifqa running away and getting to Florida blew up with accusations flying. Of course the Islamic machine mines such divisions.

Much has been said of Pastor Blake Lorenz and his wife Beverly, who took Rifqa in when she made her  desperate escape from the devout Muslim household. The Islamic machine has tried to cast the good deed of the Lorenzes in their demonic light.

Meredith hijabed Heagney, a useful, shameless moll in the service of CAIR, gave Brian Smith of Blake Lorenz's former church full court press on his affidavit. Smith contended that the Lorenzes "ignored warnings" not to take Rifqa in. Blake Lorenz states adamantly that is absolutely not so.

Brian Smith provided the affidavit to Omar Tarazi, Rifqa's parents' attorney, upon request.

Further, what I find so disturbing, is that the police officer Blake spoke with said he knew her life was in danger and stated that the department officials had talked to several of her friends. They knew all along.

Here is the affidavit from Blake Lorenz himself, clarifying what happened and refuting the charges of a duplicitous Brian Smith (more on that here.) The facts as stated here by Blake Lorenz are astounding.

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO
DIVISION OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS
JUVENILE BRANCH

In The Matter Of
Fathima Rifqa Bary

Alleged Dependent Minor

Case Number 09 JU 14895

Magistrate: Goodrich
Judge: Gill

AFFIDAVIT OF BLAKE WILLIAM LORENZ

I, BLAKE WILLIAM LORENZ, am competent and above the age of 18 and make the following statements based upon my own personal knowledge.

1. I was never told that when Rifqa Bary fled for her life that I was in violation of the law. I contacted eleven attorneys, two police officers, one judge, and the Department of Children and Families (‘DCF’) within a two-week period of Rifqa Bary’s arrival in Florida and not once was I told that I had broken any law. The affidavit of Brian Smith to the contrary is false.

2. On or about July 28, 2009, I asked Brian Smith to call DCF about Rifqa Bary. Then on July 29, 2009, I personally called DCF more than once. On or about August 5, 2009, I again called DCF in Orlando and then called the equivalent of DCF in Ohio. On or about August 5 and 6, 2009, I personally called the hotline about Rifqa Bary. This call finally resulted in Rifqa Bary being picked up by the Orlando Police Department on August 7. On that same day, August 7, I called the equivalent of DCF in Ohio and the police department in Ohio, warning them that Rifqa Bary’s life was in danger according to what she reported to me. The police officer I spoke with said he knew her life was in danger and stated that the department officials had talked to several of her friends.

3. I do know that Brian Smith called his attorney, but the only thing Brian ever told us following that conversation is that he suggested I call DCF, which I did.

4. Contrary to Brian Smith’s affidavit, he never implored me or my wife Beverly not to help Rifqa Bary, nor did he ever say that I or anyone else did anything illegal. Never in any of our staff meetings or out of staff meetings did Brian Smith say anything that had been done was illegal, nor did he voice his opinion against helping her. This can be confirmed by John Law, Wendy Law, Beverly Lorenz, Suzanna Lorenz and Laura Johnson, who all sat in our staff meetings with Brian Smith.

5. Brian Smith’s affidavit contains many other false statements. No one to my knowledge ever told Rifqa Bary to lie to the authorities. Such an allegation is outrageous. In fact, Rifqa was told specifically to tell the truth to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. At no time did I or anyone else to my knowledge bring in an expert on Islam and honor killings to talk to Rifqa Bary about those subjects. Rifqa Bary informed Beverly and me about Islam and honor killings, as we had no background in this area and had never been confronted with such matters before this time. Brian Smith calls Rifqa Bary a new convert in his affidavit, but he knew that Rifqa had been a Christian for four years, which information came from Rifqa herself. Brian Smith never sat down with Beverly and Rifqa to hear her story for an hour. Instead, Brian Smith’s account of Rifqa Bary’s story sounds almost verbatim from the account given by Rifqa’s father, not Rifqa. Beverly Lorenz never called Rifqa her “darling daughter.”

6. To my knowledge, Brian Smith is the only one who continues to have access to the post office box of Global Revolution Church. He has opened mail addressed to me personally. Instead of forwarding the mail to me without opening it, or even after opening it, he has apparently sent my mail to the attorneys for the father of Rifqa Bary in Ohio. Again, Brian Smith has done so without my consent. He has acted in a manner that is both untruthful, in filing many false statements in his affidavit, and in a manner to intentionally harm me, the reasons for which I can only speculate stem from concern that I had over his job while he worked at Global Revolution Church.

Executed this 29th day of December, 2009, in Orange County, Florida. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

FURTHER AFFIANT SAYETH NOT.

(Signed) BLAKE WILLIAM LORENZ

STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF ORANGE

The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this 29th day of December, 2009, by Blake William Lorenz, who is personally known to me or who has produced identification and who took an oath affirming his identity.

(Signed) Candy McGuire

Notary Public

My Commission Expires: 6/18/2010

[SEAL]

Reading Rifqa's Mail: Outlawyered, Outfoxed, Outgunned

There are further developments in the Rifqa Bary apostate case. Omar Tarazi, the allegedly CAIR-appointed hate sponsor, reportedly wants any discussion about religious teaching banned. That would include a discussion about Islam's rules for dealing with converts. What treachery. They want to exclude the evidence behind the very threat to Rifqa and to the millions  of other former Muslims who have died trying to escape Islam. How can you hear this case without introducing Islam? It is all about Islam. Just look at what the Muslims have been doing to Rifqa since she converted out of Islam. This cannot stand.

A Plea from Wafa Sultan for Rifqa Bary Wafa Sultan, expert on Islam and the only American citizen forced to live in hiding in the US because of the death threats against her by devout Muslims, speaks out for Rifqa Bary. Author, writer, speaker, Sultan was born to a Sunni Muslim family in Baniyas, Syria and is a trained  psychiatrist. Wafa should submit an analysis to Judge Gill. Who Better?

Unfortunately Rifqa Bary’s case highlights the danger of creeping Jihad in the Western world. This is not only because of the imminent danger the teenage girl may face right here in the US, had the court decided to have her return to her parents’ home, but also because of the mainstream media’s weak response to the severity of this case. Regrettably, the lack of interest by the media in covering her case comes at the expense of the public’s responsibility to learn the truth about Islam’s detrimental Sharia (Islamic Law) tenets.

I was born and raised as a Muslim in Syria. I practiced Islam for thirty years of my life. Now I am a known human rights activist striving to save our future Muslim generations from the impact of the violent, hateful Islamic doctrines embedded in the Sharia. My life is also threatened, not only by my own extended family, but by countless men who consider themselves devout Muslims. Under Sharia, if a Muslim leaves Islam or converts to another religion he / she is an “apostate,” to be killed. Under Sharia every Muslim has the right to kill such an apostate without any questions asked.

After hearing the story of Rifqa Bary I urge well meaning American citizens to take action and keep this innocent girl out of her family’s reach. There are all kinds of reasons to believe that she will be harmed both emotionally and physically, or worse—be killed—once her family has charge of her. Our Western court system must be educated on Islamic apostasy laws to understand Rifqa Bary’s predicament, and the plight of all those like her who choose to leave Islam.

I therefore implore our court authorities who are involved in this case: take notice and listen to individuals like myself. Keeping Rifqa protected and away from her family is the proper way to go both legally and morally.

 Dr. Wafa Sultan

Reading personal mail is an outrage, a federal offense, a basic violation of privacy. Not if you are an apostate, an escapee from Islam -- then you have no rights, as terror organizations use American law to enforce shariah.

 

Further restrictions include "that all mail to Rifqa from people who aren't relatives will be reviewed by her guardian ad litem," the attorney appointed by the court to represent her interests, to "ensure that no inappropriate messages are forwarded to Ms. Bary." What's inappropriate? Is Merry Christmas inappropriate? CAIR seems to think so. They tried to ban and seize all her Christmas cards.

The Islamic machine wants further restrictions posed on her limited computer use and further restrictions on contact - no communication with the people she loves. It is so bad that Tarazi has Rifqa's lawyer reviewing her mail to censor things that she is legally privileged to hear from friends and associates. It cannot get any worse, for her lawyer to be maneuvered into something like that.

Tarazi is lawyering circles around Angela Lloyd and Kourt Gatterdam. He outmaneuvers them at every turn. He is trying to limit testimony more than 24 hours from the event, and to limit testimony on "religious teachings." Lloyd and Gatterdam are too bloody stupid and arrogant to understand the importance of apostasy and honor killings in this case, but Tarazi sure as hell isn't. And he is reportedly preparing to litigate.

These clowns Lloyd and Gatterdam thought they had a deal. Well, Tarazi doesn't think that they have a deal. And he is not going to help those fools -- he's got a case of his own to make.

Look -- I have been absolutely correct in my assessment of these lawyers for some time, and of the absolute necessity to try apostasy and honor killings within the context of Rifqa's perception of the strength of the threat made against her by her parents. I say that with absolute assurance. Lawyer Tarazi agrees with us 100%, and will do everything in his power to prevent that from happening.

Now, the next thing that will happen is that he will try to hold them to a quick hearing on the merits. He will use whatever methods he can -- public pressure, press coverage, old cronies, whatever -- to hold the judge's feet to the fire on the trial setting now in place. He has caught Lloyd/Gatterdam with their pants down, engaged in a mutual circle jerk, and he has them right where he wants them. He has just plain outlawyered them.

If Tarazi can hold the court to the trial setting, he wins. Plain and simple. The only way Rifqa can be protected is if these idiots come to their senses, ask for a continuance, and then contact someone who can help them construct an apostasy defense and present it. They are ignorant on that subject. Hopeless, if they do not get the thing continued.

Guardian to review Rifqa's mail

By Meredith 'hijabed' Heagney

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Attorneys for Fathima Rifqa Bary and her parents haven't agreed on much, but they have settled a couple of small matters in the case of the 17-year-old runaway.

They have agreed that all mail to Rifqa from people who aren't relatives will be reviewed by her guardian ad litem, the attorney appointed by the court to represent her interests, to "ensure that no inappropriate messages are forwarded to Ms. Bary."

They also have agreed that Rifqa cannot have any contact with Blake Lorenz, Beverly Lorenz or Brian Williams until her counselor determines whether it would be in her best interest.

[...]

A dependency case to determine where Rifqa should live is making its way through Franklin County Juvenile Court, where the attorneys frequently file motions on minute details of Rifqa's life and activities.

For instance, Omar Tarazi, the attorney for Mr. Bary and his wife, Aysha, had asked that third-party messages to Rifqa be reviewed by Franklin County Children Services, which has custody of the girl. He was concerned about letter-writing campaigns to Rifqa publicized on blogs that malign Islam.

Letter writing campaigns to Rifqa from 'blogs that malign Islam'. Uh, that would be me. Reporting on jihad = maligning Islam.  That is enforcing sharia law. DO NOT INSULT ISLAM. I am not a dhimmi.

Sending Christmas cards to an isolated Christian girl is somehow made into a subversive act.

That resulted in the agreement to have her guardian look at them. The magistrate's order says "incoming mail" but does not specify whether that includes e-mail.

The two sides also have argued over whether Rifqa's counselor should be a woman. Rifqa's attorneys, Kort Gatterdam and Angela Lloyd, have accused the Barys of forcing Rifqa to submit to Islam by making her see a male counselor, because she was raised in a male-dominated home.

Tarazi disputed that, saying Gatterdam and Lloyd file documents "containing baseless assertions that would be characterized as nothing more than religious and cultural bigotry."

Did bigotry murder these girls? Are showing these hundreds of dead girls, death mandated by  shariah law -- is that "bigotry"?

He has asked that monitoring software be installed on Rifqa's computer because she made comments online related to the circumstances of her running away.

Rifqa attends school online -- so now they want to monitor her limited, chaperoned web use? SHARIAH! Why? Why such impossible restrictions on this girl? This is Islam. They will bully, thug, harass her until she reverts.

Gatterdam and Lloyd responded that the Barys are trying to invade Rifqa's privacy and control her.

Tarazi also has asked the court to rule that no witnesses or others in the case should be allowed to mention incidents between Rifqa and her parents that occurred more than 24 hours before she ran away. He also wants to bar any discussion about religious teaching. That could include a discussion about Islam's rules for dealing with converts.

Ah, here we have it. No talk of apostasy and Islamic law. THIS CANNOT STAND. This is the threat to Rifqa's life. Islam cannot say it won't be spoken of in an American court of law.

Gatterdam and Lloyd wrote that the parents' earlier behavior is relevant, and they noted that the parents themselves have brought up religion as a factor in the case.

The magistrate in the case has yet to rule on those motions.

Gatterdam and Lloyd also wrote, in a document filed Dec. 17, that Tarazi "made himself unavailable" after they had begun to work "toward a settlement of the case where one of the terms would have been that all motions and memoranda would be withdrawn."

None of the attorneys is allowed to talk about the case, under an order from Juvenile Court Judge Elizabeth Gill.

The next hearing is scheduled for Jan. 19.

You can still send Rifqa a Christmas wish and a New Years card as well!:

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

Islamic Supremacism: The Persecution of Christians in the Rifqa Bary Apostasy Case

As the Barys' allegedly CAIR-appointed attorney, Omar Tarazi, assembles the prosecution case against Riqfa for her apostasy, folks who might be indicted for helping Rifqa (can you believe this?) are in CYA mode.

The Lorenzes "ignored warnings" not to take Rifqa in? They did the Christian thing, if you ask me. I would have taken Rifqa in. Would you? Would you have "turned her in"? Where do runaways wind up? On the street. He was a pastor. He took in a member of the flock. Now that's a crime, but what CAIR and the Noor mosque are doing, that's OK?

Remember, this article is written by hijabed Heagney, the propaganda tool for CAIR-Ohio. So bear that in mind when you read her cud.

Affidavit: Couple told not to house Rifqa

Warnings on runaway convert ignored, Florida man says

Meredith himabed Heagney THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Florida pastors Blake and Beverly Lorenz ignored warnings that they were breaking the law by helping Fathima Rifqa Bary run away from her Ohio home, and also by keeping her at their house in Orlando, according to a former official at their church.

Brian Smith said in an affidavit, and also by telephone yesterday, that he was troubled by the Lorenzes' actions when it came to Rifqa.

Smith said he was church administrator at Global Revolution Church, which the Lorenzes led, when Rifqa ran away in July. She has said her father threatened to kill her for converting from Islam to Christianity.

Smith said he picked up Rifqa, now 17, at a bus station upon her arrival in Florida and took her to the Lorenzes' home. Rifqa didn't tell him that her father would kill her but rather that Mohamed Bary had said, "You are dead to me," Smith said.

He asked what that meant, and Rifqa said she was disowned, he said.

In an interview with Florida investigators and on emotional YouTube videos, Rifqa repeatedly has said that her father threatened to kill her. Mr. Bary has denied the accusations, and authorities who investigated did not find credible threats to her safety.

Smith said a lawyer told Mr. Lorenz that he shouldn't help a minor run away from home. Smith said he also consulted with lawyers who said the Lorenzes were breaking the law by keeping Rifqa.

He encouraged Lorenz to call the Florida Department of Children and Families, but Lorenz refused, Smith said, saying that if he did so, Rifqa would be returned to her parents.

Rifqa stayed at the couple's home for more than two weeks before Mr. Lorenz called authorities in August.

In October, she was sent back to Ohio, where she is in foster care while her case is in Franklin County Juvenile Court.

Smith said that he bought a bed for Rifqa in July when Mr. Lorenz asked him to, and helped set it up.

He also said that Beverly Lorenz told Rifqa not to say anything about Brian Williams having driven Rifqa to the Greyhound station in Columbus. Williams is a 20-something evangelical Christian who baptized Rifqa.

Florida authorities said that Williams drove Rifqa to the station; Rifqa had said she hitchhiked.

"My issue with that was strictly this … you're telling a new Christian convert to lie to the authorities when you're questioned," Smith said.

Mr. Lorenz told Smith that he and another church official bought Rifqa's bus ticket under a false name, Smith said.

Smith provided the affidavit to Omar Tarazi, Rifqa's parents' attorney, upon request.

Blake and Beverly Lorenz were fired by the church board in October, Smith said, and took about 60 percent of their 100-member congregation with them to start a new ministry. Smith voluntarily resigned as church administrator, he said, and the congregation has effectively disbanded.

Pamela Geller, American Thinker: The Prosecution of Rifqa Bary

I am the lead article at the American Thinker today. Read it on Rifqa.

Excerpt:

Rifqa was betrayed in Florida, and now she is being betrayed in Ohio. Her hapless legal counsel in Florida was almost slapstick in its ineptitude. Her Ohio counsel is proving to be more of the same, if not worse.

And meanwhile CAIR, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood in America, is marshaling all of our legal safeguards and laws to stifle this lone voice, to suffocate Rifqa. Where are decent elected officials? Why aren't the Feds protecting Rifqa's civil rights? Why is American jurisprudence crumbling before our very eyes? American courts are bowing to Islam, and it is systemic, nationwide. Why is the U.S. government coming down decidedly in favor of Islamic Sharia law? Justice is blind except in the case of Islam. Then it is bowed down. Is that where this leftist Islamic cabal has taken America? How many runaway girls are selling their bodies on the street in full view of law enforcement and yet go unmolested (pardon the pun), unafraid that they will be rounded up, arrested and sent back to their parents?

Instead of doing something to stop the spread of Sharia in the U.S., the federal government spends millions on corrupt, racketeering organizations like ACORN that aid and abet child traffickers, child prostitutes and sex rings (and continues to fund them even after they've been busted).

But the courts get tough with Rifqa's Christianity. Why is Rifqa so special, so deserving of this manhunt? Because she converted out of Islam. Across the world, free men and women are going on trial for our unalienable human rights. From obscure trials like that of Rifqa in Ohio to that of Geert Wilders, the world's leading statesman who will soon go on trial for "hate speech" in the Netherlands for speaking the truth about Islam, these are our proxies. They are fighting our fight, for our civilization.

The NOOR Mosque Comes Out Publicly Against Rifqa

Have you checked out the website for the  Noor mosque lately, Rifqa Bary's old stomping grounds -- or should I say, stomped on her grounds?

On their main page, there is a link to an article called "Nada's World".

The whole article is a whitewash with implicit but subtle cues about advancing Islamic supremacism: "As editor for her teen newsletter published by her mosque, she characterized proms as a 'fruitless purchase, a night of perceived enjoyment when, in actuality, it compromises one's [religion].'"

Nada lives "less than a minute's walk from the Noor mosque".

The article tells the story of a Muslim teen who refuses to dance and does not participate in un-islamic social activities. On the third page of the five page article is a comparison of Nada and Rifqa, containing  this quote:

"Her devotion, obedience, and deference to her parents and Muslim faith seem unshakable. Nada is not Bary."

Rifqa's parents still attend this mosque. They are working with the leadership in their legal strategy to take control of Rifqa. The "doting" parents are part of this mosque that is smearing their daughter in front of the whole community. Not only does that speak volumes about them, but it also puts Rifqa in more jeopardy.

 

The Noor Islamic Center is saying publicly what it thinks of Rifqa Bary and others like her who do not choose to live a strictly Islamic life.

 

An Inadequate Defense

A summary from an Atlas operative and former juvenile court prosecutor, John  Joseph Jay:

I am encouraged that the judge/magistrate who heard the case today seems to be exercising a modicum of good sense, and in no manner seems to be tolerating any posturing on the part of the Bary parent's lawyer.

This is good.

On the other hand, I am very concerned by what i would consider the passivity of Rifqa's attorney, and the county's lawyer, with regard to presenting a more aggressive defense on her behalf, to include efforts at getting the issues of "apostasy" and "honor killings" before the court.

Some of you are under the impression that if we know about these things, thanks to our friend Pamela and friend Spencer, then somehow the court knows about these issues and will consider them in a hearing on the merits. that is not the case. The court will not consider matters that are not competently before it and admitted into evidence upon the motion and presentation of one of the parties. So, unless Rifqa's lawyers introduce evidence of apostasy, via experts such as Spencer who can testify to its textual basis in the koran, and from experts who are historians or perhaps apostates themselves, the court simply will not consider such matters. something in the reports caused me serious pause.-- it pertains to the court's attitude on "mediation" and "counseling," and the quite evident tactic of the lawyers to settle this case, if only Rifqa is "ready" or "willing" to undergo mediation, which she has refused, or might consider a lesser level of "personal counseling" about being re-united with her family.

If she weakens under the strain, and agrees to "settling" the case on those terms, then it is quite likely that any "dependency plan" submitted by the Franklin County child services staff would called for such a "remedy," in conjunction for an eventual return to her family. This possibility as a case outcome was not eliminated by today's hearing, and, indeed, the feel of the situation that I come away from this with, is that the institutional bias of court, counsel and county prosecutor is aimed in this direction. this could result in the tragedy of this girl's death if she goes home, and refuses to repudiate Christianity.

Friends, keep those cards and letters coming. send some more tomorrow. and, Pamela, keep fighting for an adequate defense. i just don't think these people who "represent" Rifqa Bary have the slightest intellectual comprehension of what they are dealing with, as regards islam as a religious institution. It just will not "compute" in their little pea heads that things like apostasy are actual religious doctrine, and they are too damned intellectually lazy to find out anything different. She is not out of the woods, not by a long shot.

PS. i know. earlier on i had more faith that the lawyers involved with Rifqa had more intellectual capacity than they are demonstrating to this point. and, that they were a little more ambitious in their work habits. forgive them, they know not what they are doing.

Rifqa Hearing: Judge Rules for Rifqa! Keep Rifqa's Cards Coming!

The magistrate in the Rifqa Bary case ruled today that Rifqa Bary, the 17-year-old who ran away from her Columbus home in July, would be allowed to continue to receive Christmas cards sent to her from third parties.

 

 

You can still send Rifqa a Christmas wish and a New Years card as well!:

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

WDBO Local News Check out my interview

 

Rifqa leaving court room

 

Jamal addressing supporters
 
 

The parents: Mohamad Bary and Aysha
 
 
 

There was a good number of Rifqa supporters present outside the hearing room. The sheriff's deputies were out in force, too. At one time there were at least as many as nine present keeping an eye on them. As if these were the dangerous people.

 

Rifqa supporters

Much thanks to Heartland Patriot for the photos ...... if you crib them credit to Atlas -- that goes double for the Columbus Dispatch.

UPDATE: Jamal Jivanjee's observations:

 There was approximately 30-40 people who came out to the courthouse to support Rifqa today. In addition to Ohio, many were there from places around the country such as Washington state, California, Texas, Florida, South Carolina, etc... The hearing was scheduled to begin at 9 AM today, but the actual hearing did not commence until about 12 PM. Rifqa was very encouraged to see all the supporters there as she was being escorted to and from the meeting room throughout the morning as she was waiting for her case to be heard.

About an hour before her case was to be heard, she informed me that only one of her supporters would be allowed in the courtroom. This was very different from the hearings in the state of Florida. The courtroom in Florida was large enough to seat a much greater number of people, as well as overflow rooms equipped with a live audio and video feed. This was not the case in Ohio today. I was the only one able to enter the small courtroom for the hearing today, and it was filled with reporters. There was no seats left for anyone else. It seemed to me that this was very upsetting to her. She felt very bad that her supporters traveled long distances to be there, and yet they were not allowed to go in to the courtroom. It struck me that even though she is in the fight of her life, she seemed more concerned about her supporters. She wanted everyone there to know that she greatly appreciated their presence. I wonder, due to the interest in this case, was there not a larger courtroom available for Rifqa's hearing today?

Once the hearing was under way, the first order of business to be discussed was the 'Unruly' charge that Rifqa's parents have filed against her. They wanted to 'amend' the date on that motion because the date that Rifqa's parents are claiming she was 'unruly' was a date she was actually in Florida seeking refuge. They wanted to amend the date to an earlier date before she fled. This is ridiculous because she was always a very compliant child, and they only are claiming that she was unruly because she fled from her home. Rifqa's attorney Kort Gatterdam replied to the affect that they can't simply change the date on the motion to suit their needs. The magistrate stated that the 'unruly' charge would be dealt with at the trial for the 'unruly' charge in January.

The next order of business was mediation. The C.A.I.R. appointed attorney for Rifqa's parents filed a motion asking the court to force mediation between Rifqa and her parents without attorneys present. Their reasoning for wanting the mediation is because Rifqa's parents believe that Rifqa is misguided about the true nature of Islam as well as their own intentions toward her as well. They wanted a meeting to 'reeducate' her, so to speak. Rifqa's attorney, Kort Gatterdam, replied to the effect that after almost 17 years of living in her family, she was very well aware of their intentions toward her. Thankfully, the magistrate Mary Goodrich denied the motion to force this visit. This was good news!

The other major order of business today had to do with the motion that the C.A.I.R appointed attorney for Rifqa's parents filed on 12-1-09 to have all communications from third parties (not approved by her parents) blocked from being sent to Rifqa. In my opinion, this is an attempt to keep her isolated from her Christian friends as a way to discourage her faith. This was to include the Christmas cards that were sent to Rifqa from all over the country and world as a result of the campaign that Pamela Geller initiated through Atlas Shrugs. This outrageous motion was withdrawn by the C.A.I.R. attorney before the magistrate could deny it. So, thankfully she is still able to receive cards and notes of encouragement sent to her attorney's office at the following address:

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

Today's events were very good news. None of this would have been accomplished apart from prayer however. To all those who took time out of their schedule to pray for this girl, THANK YOU. I was shocked, however, that they did not even attempt to address the dependancy issue. This is the main issue at hand. Rifqa is seeking to become a dependent of the state of Ohio in order to stay in foster care until she is 18 and this is being opposed by her parents under the advisement of C.A.I.R. Please understand that C.A.I.R. is a very powerful national organization that is very involved in this case. The C.A.I.R. representative for central Ohio was present just outside the courtroom today. I observed Rifqa's parents attorney shaking hands with him and talking with him numerous times before the start of the hearing. I say all that to say that she still desperately needs your prayers during this season. The trial for dependency will be very important. Please keep Rifqa and her legal team in your prayers. Pray also that the church would rise to the occasion and stand with one of their own as a result of her powerful testimony. I am convinced that this is a wake up call to the church right here in America who very rarely ever have an opportunity to suffer for their faith. We should also ask for prayer for the millions of other Rifqa Barys in the world to be set free from oppression as well.

Local FOX affiliate had different reportage from that of the Dispatch. Why am I not surprised?

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In court Tuesday, Rifqa Bary said she’s suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. She also refused her parents’ request for mediation, saying "I'm not ready."

Bary, 17, and her parents met in hopes of resolving several issues at Franklin County Juvenile Court. Her father also requested that she not be given Christmas cards.

The judge decided the teen would be able to receive third-party correspondence and that he would not force mediation between Rifqa and her parents. Rifqa did not make any public comments as she exited the court room.

The Dispatch reported that CAIR puppet Tarazi withdrew the motion. Perhaps it was after the judge ruled against him.

The teen, officially named Fathima Rifqa Bary, ran away from home to seek asylum with a family in Florida months ago. She told authorities she left because she feared for her life because she wanted to become a Christian, foregoing her family’s Islam faith.

UPDATE: Just for knowing, the CAIR-Columbus executive director Babak Darvish was there.

Darvish is the same CAIR rep who was coaching the Barys when they met with the press. Omar Tarazi was going out into the lobby and apparently colluding with the CAIR representative SEVERAL times before and after the hearing.

Here's a shot of the pics of Darvish advising the Barys back last summer. At the very far left you can see Darvish sitting at his desk supervising the interview. And in this next photo you can see the whole scene inside Darvish's office (this one taken at some other time as the Barys' clothes have changed, but the picture above them in Darvish's office, as in the other photos, is still the same):

                                    Here is Darvish sitting at his desk in all his Islamist glory:

And in this last photograph you see the local reporters doing their job. But if you enlarge the photo you can see the document on Darvish's computer - a memo bearing the header "DO NOT RELEASE TO PUBLIC" and "FATHIMA RIFQA BARY TALKING POINTS". (more here)

Back and forth Tarazi went with Darvish, according to Jamal Jivanjee, who saw it all. Omar Tarazi wanted FORCED MEDIATION with the parents. The parents contend that Rifqa has a "misunderstanding" of Islam.

Judge said no. When there looked like there might be a deal for dependency, the judge might have gone along with the mediation, but now that the parents are fighting dependency.

Rifqa's counsel is playing defense. Dependency was not even discussed today.

Dependency will be dealt with January 19th. Dependency is the key issue and how it will go is unknowable.

The unruly charge is still there .......word changed to "wayward".

UPDATE: Yes, there is a Santa Claus!

Trying to kill Rifqa's Christmas card campaign. I don't know what CAIR was thinking. Talk about bad PR moves. You can still send Rifqa a Christmas wish: Rifqa Bary c/o Angela Lloyd 255C Drinko Hall 55 West 12th Avenue Columbus, OH 43210.

UPDATE: The hijabed one over at the Dispatch is reporting:

The magistrate in the Rifqa Bary case ruled today that the 17-year-old who ran away from her Columbus home in July does not have to sit down for mediation with her 
parents.

There were several issues resolved today at the hearing in Franklin County Juvenile Court, including:

• Mediation. Magistrate Mary Goodrich said issues now being discussed would best be resolved with individual counseling instead of group mediation.

Not sure what this means? A secular counselor, I hope.

• Third-party messages. Bary's parents don't want her to receive Christmas cards, and had filed a motion that any third-party messages first go to Franklin County Children Services. Omar Tarazi, the family's attorney, withdrew that motion today.

• Rifqa's mental health. Assistant County Prosecutor Chris Julian said that a counselor was trying to determine whether 17-year-old, whose full name is Fathima Rifqa Bary, has post-traumatic stress disorder.

PTSD? Like Major Hasan at Fort Hood? Or battering at the hands of the Islamic machine?

Next hearing set for January 19th.

Photo: Attorney Angela M. Lloyd, left, with Rifqa Bary in court today (Tom Dodge of the Dispatch) Uh, the Dispatch made me take the pic down. Man, that was fast. Columbus editors are reading Atlas. Heh.

UPDATE: Fox has an article up declaring that Rifqa is getting her Christmas cards. Of course she is. Atlas readers knew that last week (here). Atlas readers, G-d bless 'em all, have sent hundreds of Christmas cards as a result of the Atlas Christmas card campaign, kicked off  here  in support of Rifqa.

Yes, she is receiving her cards. That is not the point, It should not be an issue. Anyone in America can receive Christmas cards. Why should Rifqa be any different? Why should it even be an issue? 

That is the point. It is not a victory that she is receiving them. That is the mindset of a dhimmi.

UPDATE: Hearing underway.

UPDATE: From Jamal's twitter: They are only letting one of Rifqa's supporters in the courtroom. The rules keep changing by the minute! About 2 hours ago from txt (hat tip Rick)

Atlas ops at the courthouse, cell phones must be turned off at the security checkpoint. If you are caught with one on, you will be removed. Taking notes will also get you removed, if caught.

The Atlas Christmas card campaign was such a success that the parents/CAIR are suing for the seizure of all cards. Islamic supremacism.

Report: No Christmas cards for Rifqa Bary, parents said

Rifqa Bary is scheduled to return to court today because her parents want to ban her from receiving Christmas cards, according to a report on WESH.com.

Also, her parents are expected to ask a judge to hold the teenager in contempt of court for refusing to attend Muslim counseling sessions.

Anyone who hears anything please post in comments.

The Muslim Brotherhood Project: Rifqa Bary's Prosecution

 
The unceasing acts of attrition in the Rifqa Bary case go on and on, one after another. It would be comical if it weren't so dangerous. The Islamic machine is attempting to wear her down, grind her down by this constant friction and mental abuse. The persecution is so obvious and so mundane that no one seems to take notice. The banality of evil.

Why is American jurisprudence crumbling before our very eyes? Modernity bowing to Islam, and it is systemic, nationwide. Rifqa was betrayed in Florida just as she is being betrayed in Ohio. Her hapless legal counsel in Florida was almost slapstick in their ineptitude. Ohio counsel is proving to be more of the same, if not worse.

Wasn't a Muslim psychiatrist assigned to Rifqa in Florida? How cruel and inhuman. That should never have happened. And now the Barys' CAIR appointed lawyer is asking the court to hold her in contempt to force her to attend counseling sessions with a Muslim counselor.

There is no counsel in Islam, just absolutes. Leave this girl alone. The latest warning is that Brian Williams, a missionary and the Pastor in Ohio who baptized Rifqa, may very well be arrested. He was, at one time, a big brother to her (unlike the hooligan Rilvan). Brian Williams may very well be arrested. And he has been so warned.

If you missed my interview with Brian Williams back in early September - go here for audio.  The Barys, in league with the Islamic machine, will prosecute the pious, straight A honor student with their fallacious charge of "unruliness". Further, they will prosecute any friend of Rifqa's who helped her. Why? Because she converted out of Islam.

Why is the US government coming down decidedly in favor or Islamic (sharia) law? Justice is blind except in the case of Islam. Then it is bowed. Is that where this leftist Islamic cabal has taken America? How many runaway girls are selling their bodies on the street in full view of law enforcement and yet go unmolested (pardon the pun), unafraid that they will be rounded up, arrested and sent back to their parents?

Look at how CAIR (front for the Muslim Brotherhood in America) is marshaling all of our legal safeguards and laws to stifle this lone voice, to suffocate Rifqa. Where are decent elected officials? Why aren't are the Feds protecting Rifqa's civil rights? Instead, the federal government spends millions on corrupt, racketeering organizations like ACORN that aid and abet child traffickers, child prostitutes and sex rings (and continues to fund them even after they've been busted). But they get tough with Rifqa's Christianity.

Think about it. Why is Rifqa so special, so deserving of this manhunt? Because she converted out of Islam. Anyone who helped this girl is being threatened with prosecution. The pastor who took Rifqa in and provided her shelter is constantly being threatened by CAIR appointed attorneys with some drummed up charge. Why? Clearly to discourage anyone from helping apostates escape Islam.

Across the world, free men and women are going on trial for our unalienable human rights. From obscure trials like Christian convert Nishan in Ohio  to Geert Wilders, world's leading statesman ion trial for hate speech, these are our proxies, fighting our fight, for our civilization.

THE BRIAN WILLIAMS INTERVIEW WITH PAMELA GELLER TRANSCRIPT

Atlas: Can you tell me a little bit about her home life, what she was living with, during those four years she was a Christian? What was she dealing with at home?

BW: From the moment I met her, she shared her story about that at home, she had to hide the fact that she was a Christian from her parents. And she would have to sneak out and go to church services on the weekend, when most kids are sneaking off to party, you know, she was sneaking to go out to prayer meetings and church services as a kid. But she was telling me stories of how her father had found little evidences of traces of biblical writings or things around the house, and that each time he would find those things he would get progressively more upset with her, and at times he would tighten up on her, you know like send her to the mosque and make her attend these classes on the weekend, I think she told me that these class last four or five hours on Saturday.

She told me about an instance where I think he found a Bible or some kind of Christian book, picked up a laptop, cornered her, and was about to hit her with the laptop and told her that he would kill her, if she was a Christian. She told me about sexual abuse that happened, and I kept these things under a tight lip just because I don't think that anyone wanted to wrestle with it, and I just think that in America that so many people are in denial that this is happens all over the world. When you approach people about it and kind of how you see it in the media, people just don't want to believe it, but it's true, it happened, people really died, blood really gets spilled.

And she was constantly in fear of that, and I think that the whole time that I've known her, is really why the reason I've kept in contact with her, because she would email me and just from her stories about the things her father and mother would say to her, that had her terrified. So I just kind of tried to be there for her.

Atlas: You see the reason why I'm asking these questions, I know that it's painful, I know that it's a painful subject, I know that it's difficult, but frankly, no one is discussing Rifqa. No one is discussing Rifqa's story, no one is discussing the real fears that Rifqa has and the real threats that she faces. And I'm sure Brian that you see that this is being played out in the media to a very hostile press. A press that in Florida particularly, because they're the ones covering it, painting her out to be some kind of trollop with the dark red fingernail polish and the hand blown kisses.

I was in the front row and she wasn't blowing any kisses, she was actually weeping but that's something else. But I must saying that the people that are not there like me or like you, where we know what's happening. They're getting this tripe, they're getting this propaganda from the media, and so it's very important, while it may not be very comfortable for you to talk about the threats she faced, what abuse she suffered. I have to tell you that it is incumbent upon you to tell her story. Because she can't. You know she can't because it's the DCF that controlling everyone that talks to her now, the Lorenzes have been restricted. And I see the new lawyer is really trying to isolate her from everyone that she trusts, She was crying when they said that the Lorenzes were restricted. They are trying to get John Stemberger removed as her lawyer, all the people that she relies on, all the people that she trusts.

[...]

Let me ask you, Is that not what it's about, it not about apostasy in Islam and what a egregious thing, what an egregious crime it is, a shame it is on the family, and in this particular case, unlike Amina Said, Aqsa Parvez and the other girls in the West that have been murdered, this is a crime against Islam?

BW: Yeah and you know that Rifqa comes from a family that has a strong Muslim heritage, I believe she told me at one point that her father, ah not her father but her grandfather was an Imam and that she was the first Christian in the history of her family that's known and that any anyone in her relations have been a Christian, so for her the issue of apostasy is incredibly shameful to her this family, and they tried to turn this issue into being what kind of Muslims live in Sri Lanka and that her family are liberal Muslims and that's totally not the case at all.

Her grandfather was an Imam, so think that this is something that people need to pay attention to as far as apostasy is concerned. This is happening all over the world, it's spread through Europe, this situation in the UK has escalated to epic proportions and now you're seeing things starting to infiltrate over here in the United states. So I think that it is something that America needs to wake up.

Atlas: Now when she described the tough situation at home, did she give any details in terms of what exactly, what kinds of threats or abuse or at the hands of her father or mother or the brother for that matter, the older brother, the one that threw the thing at her eye, that she lost her eye? Did she ever describe to you any of the particular details of what exactly, apart from the obvious death threat which was why she really ran at the time, other than that, was there any other conversations that you had that she discussed with you in particular what she was suffering under? She was definitely afraid, she was living a double life which is in of itself is very difficult.

BW: Right. As far as isolated incidences, there is the incident I think, I'm not sure if it's in her affidavit or not, but incidents where her mother upon finding Christian books that I actually gave her, informed her father about it and then told her that they were going to send her back to Sri Lanka to be dealt with, possibly put into an asylum where they would try to, I guess salvage her and reconvert her back to Islam.

The thing with her was that her parents, they thought that just the western influence, like the Christianity, they thought that that had something to do with, being around American school kids, they didn't really understand that this was something that she had done years ago. So they would send her to the mosque, try to recondition her I guess. and once they found out that she was baptized, when I baptized her I think is when tensions escalated to the highest.

[.....]

the portion has to be slipped just under the part where is says.. *tensions escelated to the highest*.....
[1:09:24 PM] KGS59: Atlas: She lived in fear of him.

BW: Yeah definately, she was terrified of her father, she told me at the time, just driving in the car, I'm not sure what it's called, but the head wrap that you see Muslim women wearing, she didn't want to wear that and I guess that her father punched her or hit her in the face or something like that in a rage. I'm sure that there were a lot of things you know, but as a sixteen year old at the time, it was tough for her to talk about it with people. One, that I think she thought that people wouldn't believe her, and secondly, as a young person there were other emotional issues aside from any spirituality, the emotional state of being threatened by your father. I mean that would have to be tough for her you know?

Atlas: In that time that you knew her, it was a year, did the family travel to Sri Lanka a lot? Did the father travel to Sri Lanka a lot, did the family, or were you not in that daily contact with her were you knew that she was in the states all of the time?

BW: Well I know that she was in the States, I don't think that she had been back to Sri Lanka from the time that I've known her, but I know that her father traveled a lot with his business, I'm not sure whether he left the country or not, but I know that he was frequently on the go.

Atlas: He was frequently on the go. As a matter of fact it was that night that he has actually cut his business trip short and was coming back because the mother called him, and that was members of the mosque that called the mother right, and ratted her out?

BW: Yeah exactly. People from the Noor center had found her Facebook profile, and she had some things on there about Jesus, and they were, she called me actually, and told me about it too, and told me that people from the mosque had been calling the house and leaving messages saying that they need to get their daughter under control or else. So putting this pressure on the parents to get the situation under control, and then at that point she had to deactivate her facebook account, And then her father I guess sent word to the mother that he was going to come home and have her dealt with.

I think at that point her mother expressed to her, and I remember she told me something that was so hard for me to imagine that a mother would say this to a daughter. She told her that you are no longer my daughter, so she basically disowned her on the spot. She said that if I were to die I don't want you to come to my funeral, you're no longer my daughter, we don't want you. I mean, she said this to her just because she found out that she was a Christian on Facebook. As a sixteen year old girl that has to hurt.

Atlas: I'm sure that it cut deeply, she was very afraid of the father coming and and it cut to the quick, by a mother who said you are no longer my daughter.....

Atlas: You  were talking about the eye.

Brian Williams: Ok , Yes, I've been seeing some reports here of trying to paint her father as a sincere man and who sought medical care for his daughter and taken that instance, but to be honest with you, that's just the meal ticket into the United States, and I think that was the point that I wanted to make with that, because there is absolutely no history....

The police in Columbus Ohio, I think one of the sergeants came on record and said, "that he comes off with me as a warm loving man", and I'm just like, "really?" A really warm loving man who tells his daughter that he's going to kill her. They'll take anything, and people like, Michael Kruse, whatever his name is,

Atlas: They're terrible, but when she's free and she's able to travel on her own, I'm hoping that she comes to New York, because I have somebody that will fit her eye with a perfect eye, and you won't know that she doesn't have vision in that eye. I'm hoping that, but she has to be eighteen, but just that she knows that's in her future. You  know, that's in her future.

BW: I've talked to her about that, she believes that Jesus is going to heal her eye.

Atlas: I don't know if his name is Jesus, (laughter) but there is a great ophthalmologist in New York that is just as close I guess. I really want to thank you Brian for doing this podcast with me, you are really a righteous person and really good. You are really holding yourself up for great ridicule and you know that , and coming to this girl's defense, because that's what they do, they smear those that come to save her from a terrible fate.

You can see that they are doing that with her lawyer, they paint him out to be some kind of Christian conservative whacko or whatever, and you know myself as some right-wing nut. This is what they do. They ridicule, they polarize, they marginalize and this is what they try to her. You see what they did to Lorenz, I mean that's criminal in my book.

And so you are putting yourself out there and for that I say thank you, because it's no small thing because they're vicious, vicious.

MENTAL ABUSE: Parents of Rifqa Bary ask court to hold her in contempt to force her to attend counseling sessions with Muslim counselor

What is Rifqa's counsel doing? Still ignoring apostasy and religion? Brilliant.

The parents of Rifqa Bary have asked the court to hold her in contempt to force her to attend counseling sessions with a Muslim counselor. The counselor they demand she attend filed an affidavit in support of Rifqa being held in contempt. Psychological abuse, that's what that is.

Why aren't we trying to convert those GITMO murderers out of Islam? If you can do it to a 17 year old .......

The next battle between apostate Rifqa Bary and her devout Muslim parents is next Tuesday. Our spies will be there.

One of the motions that will be decided by the court is the demand by the Barys' CAIR-appointed lawyer that all the Christmas cards sent to Rifqa in the Atlas Christmas card campaign for Rifqa be banned and seized. Bless Atlas readers. She has received hundreds, perhaps thousands.

Another issue next week will be another motion filed by the Bary parents asking the court to hold Rifqa in contempt for refusing to attend counseling sessions with a Muslim counselor. Amazingly, the counselor that the Bary parents are attempting to force her to see filed a affidavit supporting the parents' motion to hold Rifqa in contempt of court. How could this counselor be remotely neutral?

But wait a second - haven't all the media stooges in this case, from Meredith Hijabed Heagney  of the Columbus Dispatch to Michael Kruse of the St. Petersburg Times, insisted that the Bary family intends to respect Rifqa's Christian faith? Haven't these media stooges repeated assurances from the Bary parents that Rifqa has nothing to fear from returning home?

Don't expect these damaging revelations about the parents' duplicity to be reported in the Columbus Dispatch, friends. Behind the veil of sealed court motions the true face of Mohamed and Aysha Bary is being revealed. Her parents have defamed Christians who have attempted to help their daughter flee their abuse; they have filed criminal charges against Rifqa accusing her of being a delinquent; and now they ask the Ohio courts to ban and seize Rifqa's Christmas cards and to force her to see a Muslim counselor that has demonstrated his own partiality. What this long sequence of events clearly shows is that Rifqa Bary has much to fear from being returned to her parents and that they have no intention to honor her personal religious choices. (more here)

Let us pray Judge Gill the courts will recognize what's going on in this case and enforce American rule of law, not sharia law.

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

Hundreds of Christmas Cards for Rifqa!

Rifqa Bary has received hundreds of Christmas cards in the Atlas campaign I started back in November in support of her individual rights and freedom of religion. G-d bless you all. Perhaps this is why her parents' allegedly CAIR-appointed lawyer has made a motion to ban and seize all of these dear sentiments. How sick. Do not cave to islamic supremacism.

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

CAIR is attempting to crush Christmas for Rifqa. They have gone to court to extinguish the Atlas Christmas card campaign. Here is the back story: CAIR Attorney Demands Ban and Seizure of all Christmas Cards sent to Rifqa Bary.

What follows is an adaptation of the text of attorney Omar Tarazi's motion to ban and seize all of Rifqa's Christmas cards. You can find the text of his actual motion here. The motion was filed with the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas on December 1st at 11:29am. Tarazi represents these lovely nurturing parental units, the Barys.

The reportedly CAIR-appointed lawyer for Rifqa Bary's parents who filed the ban and seizure of her Christmas cards is speaking at the extremist Noor mosque (here) -- one big happy (Mansonish) family. He joins Salah Sultan, Major Hasan, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, and a veritable CAIR cabal. (hat tip MCH)

Yes, brother Omar Tarazi. He's a 2008 law school graduate, and passed the bar in the fall of 2008. A real A-team member. He's also the one, if you recall, who wrote the "cashing in" letter to the editor of the Columbus Dispatch. I fisked that disgusting anti-Christian diatribe here. The Church is "Cashing In" off Rifqa.

As you can see, he was involved in the case long before they pulled that bait and switch to get Rifqa into the clutches of the Ohio child services.

Ohio child-welfare officials also issued a report stating that it is safe for Rifqa to return to Ohio. Rifqa Bary's family already has agreed to let her come back here and immediately be put under the protection of Franklin County Children Services.

In response, the Florida court sealed the findings of its own law-enforcement investigation into the alleged "Ohio threat," because obviously there isn't one, and so far has refused to let her come back to Ohio.

Why not let her come here? Because Global Revolution Church, the fanatical group that targeted this minor on the Internet and put her up in the home of a male "pastor" in Florida without alerting the authorities for two weeks, is out to make money off this story.

The church has succeeded in injecting bigotry and ignorance into the halls of justice in Florida. But I believe the hate that has infected Florida politics, a cancer that Americans soundly rejected in the last election, ultimately will be defeated in this case.

It is about time for Gov. Ted Strickland to do the right thing and take a stand in defense of our state and in the defense of justice and the rule of law.

His father's name is Mohammed (sp?) Tarazi, and his mother is the corporate secretary for CAIR-OH. His father was the principal of one of those failing charter schools / indoctrination centers that CAIR was running in Ohio. She is a science teacher at the middle school charter school.

(Thanks to MCH for the info)

The Rifqa Rules

Jamal Jivanjee is still trying to see Rifqa. Here's his latest update:

PERSONAL PROTECTION:

Rifqa is still being protected from her parents because she is still in foster care in central Ohio. Even though foster care in central Ohio is no cake walk, it is better than the detrimental situation that she faced when she was living at home with her parents. We need to pray that she continues to be protected from the threat of being returned home for the next eight months until she is 18. This will depend on how the Juvenile court rules regarding her dependency case.

PERSONAL ISOLATION

There is still no visitors list put together for Rifqa Bary. I was told a few weeks ago that a visitors list was being put together for Rifqa upon the agreement of Franklin County Children's services & her attorneys. This morning I was told that there would be no visitors list for her. Obviously, these two statements are conflicting. When I inquired as to why there was no visitors list for her yet, I was told that it has nothing to do with her or her case, but was really just a reality for all children who are under the custody of Children's Services. I was told that no child under foster care has the right to visit with friends. I was told that she is not being treated differently, rather the same as every other child in foster care. This explanation still does not explain why I was told two weeks ago, by a director from Franklin County Children's services, that her attorneys and children's services were working on a visitor's list, and now they are not. I was told that not allowing foster children to have visits with friends was standard practice nationally regarding all children under foster care, and was not limited to Ohio. This was obviously not the case in Florida. When Rifqa was in foster care in the state of Florida, she was able to receive supervised visits, now that she is in Ohio, I am told that she cannot. Why? There was not a satisfactory response to my question. I was told that I should really be angry at the injustices of foster care nationally, and not simply at how Rifqa was being treated. Again, this did not answer my question as to the discrepancy between Ohio and Florida's treatment of Rifqa.

Also, as you might have heard, there was a motion filed by the C.A.I.R. affiliated attorney to not allow Rifqa to receive the Christmas cards being sent to her. This is an absolutely ridiculous move on their part that I'm sure will be fought by Rifqa's attorneys. This ridiculous motion will be heard at the next hearing on December 22'nd, and is sure to be dismissed. The fact that they filed such a motion, however, should be eye opening to all of us regarding the type of opposition that Rifqa faces. This is a classic attempt to discourage and isolate Rifqa. Please keep sending these cards and notes to her attorney at Rifqa Bary
c/o Angela Lloyd
255C Drinko Hall
55 West 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210 She will receive them, and they are very encouraging to her!

LEGAL SITUATION

Because of the gag order, it is difficult to find out information about Rifqa's situation. Here is the information that is available to the public. Rifqa's next hearing is Tuesday December 22'nd. There will be no public rally for Rifqa this time, but your help may still be needed.

I was told that if a person wants to go to the hearing, they should show up at the Franklin County Courthouse at 9am on Tuesday December 22'nd. The hearing will more than likely not be at 9am, but the hearings for that day will be posted on the docket indicating the time of the hearings that day. The magistrate hearing the case is magistrate Goodrich. When you arrive at the courthouse, you should inquire about the docket listing all of magistrate Goodrich's hearings for that day. Rifqa Bary's hearing should be listed there. If it is possible for you, I would plan to be there all day to ensure your place in the court room when the hearing occurs. It would be great if people who have a heart for prayer would just show up to simply pray for Rifqa and the hearing that day. No signs, no protests, just prayer! Praying with insight, on sight, is a powerful thing! It would also be very encouraging for Rifqa to see many supporters there!

Here is the address for the Franklin County Courthouse: Franklin County juvenile court 373 S. High street Columbus, Ohio 43215

PHOTOS SHOW CAIR REP COACHING RIFQA BARY'S DEVOUT PARENTS

Check out the pictures of the CAIR goon who was in the room with the Bary parents while they were being interviewed by the mainstream media. CAIR is coaching them for the media.

CAIR backstage coordination of media in Rifqa Bary case and how the media kept silent

Since early August we have been following the ongoing saga concerning Rifqa Bary, the Ohio Muslim-turned-Christian convert teenager who fled her home to Florida in fear of her life after her family discovered her conversion. Last Friday we reported a motion filed by the Bary's CAIR attorney with the Ohio court considering Rifqa's case demanding a ban and seizure of all Christmas cards sent to her from outside parties. We also broke the story of how CAIR officials were allowed to be present as "neutral observers" when the Bary family was interviewed by Florida investigators.

Early on in this case we reported that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) had convened a strategy session in Rifqa's hometown of Ohio where they formulated their media strategy in response to the negative press the parents were receiving:

But a source who was inside a secret strategy meeting conducted by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) earlier this week has conveyed the strategy that the media's favorite Islamist group has devised to respond to the ongoing public relations crisis. According to my source who attended the strategy session, CAIR officials handed out copies of this Orlando Sentinel article and want supporters to push the meme that Christians have brainwashed and abducted this gullible teenage girl. They have also instructed supporters to circulate rumors that Rifqa had been carousing with infidel boys and engaged in acts of immorality. This CAIR strategy takes the focus off the near-universal Islamic legal precepts and Quranic injunctions that demand death for apostates and impugns the character of the innocent girl at the center of this controversy who appears to be in genuine fear for her life if she is returned to her parents.

That media narrative of Rifqa being brainwashed and abducted by a Christian cult was one that was carried by many media outlets, most notably Meredith "Hijab" Heagney of the Columbus Dispatch, Michael Kruse of the St. Petersburg Times, among others. In all their reporting, however, they carefully left the connections of the terror-tied CAIR out of their stories.

But from my source inside CAIR comes new information indicating media complicity with respect to concealing CAIR's backstage management of the case on behalf of Rifqa's allegedly abusive parents. Most of the stories by these media hacks featured pictures of the Bary family, such as this photo accompanying an article by the St. Pete Times' Michael Kruse:

What is important about this photograph is not so much what you see as what you don't see. As the late Paul Harvey said, and now for the rest of the story...

Read More "Pics reveal CAIR backstage coordination of media in Rifqa Bary case and how the media kept silent"

What CAIR's media allies neglected to mention was that these interviews with the lapdog media were being conducted in the office of CAIR-Columbus executive director Babak Darvish as seen in the following photographs taken in various media interviews.

For example, the following photograph shows the Barys being interviewed by a local TV station:

But this next picture shows the same scene panning just a little to the left:

At the very far left you can see Darvish sitting at his desk supervising the interview. And in this next photo you can see the whole scene inside Darvish's office (this one taken at some other time as the Bary's clothes have changed, but the picture above them in Darvish's office, as in the other photos, is still the same):

Here is Darvish sitting at his desk in all his Islamist glory:

And in this last photograph you see the local reporters doing their job. But if you enlarge the photo you can see the document on Darvish's computer - a memo bearing the header "DO NOT RELEASE TO PUBLIC" and "FATHIMA RIFQA BARY TALKING POINTS".

The reason this is particularly important is that if CAIR's media allies, such as Meredith "Hijab" Heagney and Michael Kruse, had let on to the terror-tied CAIR's covert backstage handling of the matter and their parroting of CAIR's talking points would have severely damaged the Bary's claims. Did Heagney, Kruse or any other member of the lapdog media report that their interviews were being conducted with the Bary family in the CAIR executive director's office? Not a word. Nor should it be any surprise that the media were merely parroting CAIR's false attacks on Rifqa.

We will have more on this media complicity in the Rifqa Bary case later this week. Who knows? Maybe we might have even obtained a copy of that "DO NOT RELEASE TO PUBLIC" set of talking points? If the public ever has the opportunity to review the stories by Heagney, Kruse, et al and compares it to the CAIR talking points, much will be revealed. But these pictures show what CAIR's media allies intentionally neglected to tell their readers/viewers. And as we'll see, there is much that they should be ashamed of in their reporting in the Rifqa Bary case.

Pamela Geller, American Thinker: Wishful thinking, biased reporting endanger Rifqa Bary

Excerpt here (but go read the whole thing):

Wishful thinking, biased reporting endanger Rifqa Bary Pamela Geller, American Thinker

Heagney's report is striking as much for what it left out as for what she mentioned. Why doesn't the hijabed one talk about the fact that few visitors who are allowed to see Rifqa at all have to be fingerprinted? It seems to me that they are fingerprinting the one or two who visit Rifqa in order to criminalize them: in the event that Rifqa goes on the run again (rather than meet persecution at home if she is returned), anyone who had contact with her will be a suspect. Hence the fingerprints. If they exact Islamic justice and harm Rifqa, the Christians will be blamed (they'll say she ran away with their help). If she does run away, the Christians will be blamed, too. Clearly they are making it very difficult for anyone to help her.

And what of all this secrecy? Clearly this is not in the best interests of Rifqa. The only ones who seem to get access to all the unfolding events in this case are Rifqa's worst enemies in the media, like Heagney. Meredith Heagney should visit an Islamic Republic, where she can experience firsthand all that she advocates for.

Hussein Wario, a native of Kenya and, like Rifqa, an apostate from Islam, tells the truth that Heagney ignores: "I am very concerned for Rifqa. If the judge reunites her with her family, you know that she will either be severely persecuted or killed here in the United States or elsewhere. An ardent Muslim father would rather kill his child in order to preserve his family from ridicule (from fellow Muslims) than see him or her alive. Mr. Mohamed Bary would be hailed as a hero to Muslims if he were to carryout-God forbid-Islamic judgment on Rifqa because she refuses to revert to Islam."

Rifqa's close friend and another convert from Islam to Christianity, Jamal Jivanjee, adds: "As Meredith Heagney is the main reporter assigned to the Rifqa Bary story, I have read several articles that Ms. Heagney has written about the case previously. Each time I read her account of Rifqa's situation, I come away amazed at her ‘selective' use of pertinent information that she includes in her articles. I am beginning to wonder if this is more than just simple oversight. I am convinced that Meredith's oversight reveals at best, a hidden bias against Rifqa Bary, and at worst, a deliberate attempt to deceive the public in Central Ohio. This latest article was unfortunately no exception."

The media is against her. Child Services is against her. Her own family is against her - and eagerly awaiting her return to their clutches.

Who will stand for Rifqa Bary?

Send Rifqa a Christmas card - go here.

Attend Rifqa's Christmas rally the day of her dependency hearing.

Rifqa's Parents: "Rifqa is a 'Misunderstander' of Islam" ...."The plan for Rifqa and her parents sets a goal of reuniting the family"

How did the hijabed Heagney get a copy of this latest case report? Why don't Rifqa's supporters have the same access?

Why doesn't the hijabed one talk about the fingerprinting of any of Rifqa's visitors? It seems to me they are fingerprinting the one or two who visit Rifqa to criminalize them. In the event that Rifqa goes on the run again (rather than meet persecution at home if she is returned), anyone who had contact with her will be a suspect. Hence the fingerprints. If they exact Islamic justice and harm Rifqa, the Christians will be blamed (they'll say she ran away with their help). If she does run away, the Christians will be blamed, too. Clearly they are making it very difficult for anyone to help her.

And what of all this secrecy? Clearly this is not in the best interests of Rifqa. And who gets access? Rifqa's worst enemies in the media. It is so sick, all of it. Heagney should be sent to an Islamic Republic where she can experience all that she advocates for, first hand.

Heagney tells us all case plans have to have a goal. And the goal of this case plan is reunification. They would like to have Rifqa living back with her parents. Now there’s a few ways they would like to see this happen. They suggest—maybe most notably—that Rifqa and her parents sit down and talk about their respective religions. That her parents explain their islamic faith, that Rifqa explains her Christianity, and the case worker was hoping that might lead to more understanding of some of the conflicts that led to this in the first place. This is classic taqiya.

A fellow apostate (from Kenya) wrote, "I am very concerned for Rifqa. If the judge reunites her with her family, you know that she will either be severely persecuted or killed here in the United States or elsewhere. An ardent Muslim father would rather kill his child in order to preserve his family from ridicule (from fellow Muslims) than see him or her alive. Mr. Mohamed Bary would be hailed as a hero to Muslims if he were to carryout—God forbid—Islamic judgment on Rifqa because she refuses to revert to Islam."

Check out the latest ......... my comments are in bold, italics.

Religious Rift still Keeping Rifqa, Parents Apart Columbus Dispatch, Meredith Heagney

Columbus runaway Fathima Rifqa Bary and her parents should talk about their respective religions and work toward living together again, according to a government case plan filed in Franklin County Juvenile Court.

This is classic al-taqiya. There is no talking to other religions as equals in Islam.

The girl, who goes by Rifqa, is at the center of a dependency case that will decide where she should live. Among several options in the plan is that Rifqa, who will turn 18 in August, could live on her own.

She ran away to Florida from her Northeast Side home in July, saying her father would kill her for leaving Islam for Christianity. Rifqa returned to Ohio on Oct. 27 and has been living in a Franklin County foster home. Her father, Mohamed Bary, denies her accusations, and authorities in Ohio and Florida have not identified any threats to her safety.

Actually, Heagney is misrepresenting the facts. The father admitted to threatening Rifqa and holding the laptop over her head.

Franklin County Children Services is required to prepare a case plan for any of its cases that are being decided in court.

The plan for Rifqa and her parents sets a goal of reuniting the family and suggests that family members talk about religion and visit and communicate regularly. The discussion about religion would happen upon a therapist's recommendation or when all parties agree to it.

A case plan is not binding unless it becomes a court order, said Anne O'Leary, chief legal counsel for Children Services. That won't happen until the facts are determined and the case is decided.

Everyone involved in the Rifqa case, including Children Services employees, is under a gag order. O'Leary spoke in general terms about case plans.

Silencing the lamb. But they are free to disclose confidential documents to Islam apologetic media. Heagney is the most anti-Rifqa 'reporter' in Ohio.

A caseworker developed the plan with Rifqa and her parents, but only Children Services workers signed it. Rifqa and her parents disagree with the plan, and so does the guardian the court appointed for her, according to the paperwork filed with the court on Monday.

Does the clueless caseworker know jack about Islam? Has the clueless caseworker studied Islam and sharia law?

The plan reveals that Rifqa does not wish to see her parents, who both want to see her. She also is resisting visiting her brothers. Rifqa's reason for not wanting contact is "healing purposes," it says.

Of course Rifqa does not want to see her brother. He leaked details of her location to a Muslim stalker blogger while she was in foster care in Florida. Her brother (who was responsible for her eye loss) put her life in danger. Why would she want to see him?

Mohamed Bary and his wife, Aysha, agree with Rifqa's current placement in foster care but would like a relationship with her, the plan says.

They are concerned that Rifqa misunderstands their Islamic faith, and Rifqa feels the same about her parents' understanding of her Christianity.

There are "severe differences between the parents' and Rifqa's perceptions of what has occurred," the caseworker wrote.

Severe? More like "grave" differences.

The plan lists the strengths of the family as well, saying that Mr. Bary is able to provide for his family and Mrs. Bary appears capable of caring for her children in the home. Rifqa has good communication skills and has been respectful toward adult authority, the plan says. The plan also says that Children Services will assess the homes of relatives and nonrelatives to try to find a suitable place for the teenager.

Bary can provide? But he said they were indigent (remember that?) And he is an illegal alien, so where is he going to work?

Jamal Jivanjee adds:

While the article that Ms. Heagney wrote seemed pretty straightforward, there was something below the surface of that article that I find troubling. As Meredith Heagney is the main reporter assigned to the Rifqa Bary story, I have read several articles that Ms. Heagney has written about the case previously. Each time I read her account of Rifqa’s situation, I come away amazed at her ‘selective’ use of pertinent information that she includes in her articles. I am beginning to wonder if this is more than just simple oversight. I am convinced that Meredith’s oversight reveals at best, a hidden bias against Rifqa Bary, and at worst, a deliberate attempt to deceive the public in Central Ohio. This latest article was unfortunately no exception.

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

And stand with Rifqa on the day of her dependency hearing:

Join me and the leading fighters of Islamic supremacism and jihad in America.

Robert Spencer, Dr. Andrew Bostom, Pamela Geller

Simon Deng, Ex-Slave Sudan 

Nonie Darwish, Apostate, Author, Executive Director, Former Muslims United

Babu Suseelan, The Indian Experience with Jihad

Jamal Jivanajee, Pastor, Fellow Apostate and Rifqa's friend

Usama Dakdok, Straight Way Ministries "Equipping Christians, Reaching Muslims"

Christmas for Rifqa

UPDATE: Zip code correction: 43210.

A number of readers have asked about sending Rifqa gifts while child services wrestles with sending her back to a devout Muslim home.

Atlas reader Danielle in New Mexico made inquiries -- here's the deal:

just spoke w/ Franklin County Child Services Foster Care division.  I asked if I could send a gift to a specific child in care.  I was asked if I was a family member.  I said no.  I was a concerned individual.  I did not identify the child by name.
 
I was told that I could send a gift.  Just to be sure to leave it unwrapped.  All gifts and mail sent to the guardian ad litem will be given to the case worker.  She/he will then open and review them before giving them to the child to ensure they are appropriate.  They will pass on gift cards and small gifts.  There are no gift restrictions, but it's at the case worker's discresition on whether or not they pass it on to the child.  I'm willing to bet that Rifqa will not be given any overtly religious materials given the sensitivity of the case.  However, a crochet blanket or classic book, etc would be appreciated.
 
The case worker highly recommend gift cards for Target, Walmart, JCPenny's, Khols, Macy's or other big box stores for a teenager.  Gift cards are not allowed to be withheld.  She says that the case worker will ensure that the child is given an opportunity to spend them.  Her case worker will also wrap any appropriate gifts sent for her.
 
The case worker thanked me for my support and told me that they would not be able to provide Christmas for foster children w/o caring people like me.
 
I hope you will post this information.  It would be great to make Rifqa's first Christmas on her own memorable.  I'm hoping she will recieve a couple hundred dollars in cards so she can use it for clothing, etc.  Gift cards could also help her if she is able to get into the emancipation program.  She will need money to set up her own space.

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

And stand with Rifqa the day of her dependency hearing

Join me and the leading fighters of Islamic supremacism and jihad in America.

Robert Spencer, Dr. Andrew Bostom, Pamela Geller

Simon Deng Ex-Slave Sudan 

Nonie Darwish, Apostate, Author, Executive Director, Former Muslims United

Babu Suseelan, The Indian Experience with Jihad

Jamal Jivanajee, Pastor, Fellow Apostate and Rifqa's friend

Usama Dakdok, Straight Way Ministries "Equipping Christians, Reaching Muslims"