Ohio gov. wants Rifqa Bary back with her family

[Axxman]

No, we are not an Islamic country thank God. But these people have islam in their hearts. Same devil, different country. Why do the parents want their daughter back so badly? Why don't you pray for the girl for God to have his will in the situation instead of defending the ungodly parents and slandering the caring minister and his wife? You don't REALLY know what is going on. But God does. Don't you think God wants the best for the girl? Then shut up and start praying.

"shut up and start praying"...lol

Why would ANY rational parent want their daughter back so badly? Are you saying that you wouldn't want your daughter back? I don't know what God wants for the girl...and neither do you. What I do know is that in this country we don't find people guilty before they have done something wrong...even the unsaved.

[Guest LadyC]

i'm only on page 4, i have a lot of catching up to do. but i'm gonna jump in here and stand with axxman on this one. now most of you know, axxman and i RARELY agree on anything, but we certainly do on this one.

this girl's family may be muslim, but they are certainly not steeped in the culture and tradition that many muslim families are. hello!!!! the girl is a cheerleader! in most muslim families, a daughter who dared to try out for cheerleading and then pranced around doing cheers in front of large audiences wearing extremely immodest clothing would never, NEVER be tolerated... and in those families that still do honour killings, the daughter would have been dead long before her first performance.

now, i'm not naive. i am fully aware that honour killings happen, even in the US. but the eyes of the entire country are on this family. they'd have to be stupid to even consider trying to harm this girl.

the family said they wanted her back in their state, but would be willing to let her live with a non-muslim foster family. they seem awfully willing to compromise for being such hard-nosed-muslim-extremist people, don't ya think? give me a break. they want to see their daughter on prom night, and at graduation, just like any other parent would want to witness those wonderful and important milestones in their child's life!

i'm sure the girl is scared. but i'm pretty sure that this fear is at least partially unfounded, and in this particular situation, most likely way overblown. when the story first broke, i kept thinking "there's something more to this... the girl is in some kind of trouble that hasn't yet been revealed."

no, i'm not trying to point blame at the girl. that trouble could be anything, and may not even necessarily be any fault of her own. but ya know, i remember being a teenager, and i remember raising teen daughters, and i know all too well how any little thing can become magnified in the mind of a young girl, making them think that the only option is to run for their life.

[Axxman]

Thats twice this year LadyC...you better be careful you have a reputation to protect...lol.

A christian writer, and very conservative lawyer at the ultra-conservative "Stop the ACLU" website has written an interesting piece. He was expecting to be appointed to represent Rifqa Bary in court...and he was suddenly appointed to represent Rifqa's mother. As of Sept.3rd he is no longer affiliated with the case, and is no longer bound by the gag order.

Read his opinion here....

[Guest LadyC]

interesting, thanks for the link. i wonder why he's no longer working the case? i hope everyone here reads his opinion and ponders some of the points made. as for me, it gave credence to the gut feelings i had about the case that i posted before... i believe there is more to this story than we are being told.

by the way, what do we know about that church? i looked it up once and wasn't really impressed with what they had to say on their site. it sounded "kewl", it sounded very contemporary and full of lofty ideals, but at the same time was so darned vague. when i see church websites like that, i can't help but feel a bit suspicious.

and the media seems all over the place about this church. i've heard it reported that they're everything from conservative catholic to evangelical christian.

it is quite interesting that the girl's bus ticket was actually bought by someone in florida under a fake name, and that her pastor in ohio drove her to the bus station. there is something very smelly about this whole thing.