Rifqa Bary to remain in foster care until 18

[fromIslam2Christ]

This Rifqa Bary case is an example of false social representation in the media and also by the attorneys.

Sri Lankan Muslims are rather liberal. Actually 90% of all Muslims in the world are rather liberal. That means, the women don't veil, play sports, get educated... The men shave their beards and wear Western clothing. Basically religio praying 5 times a day, fasting during the month of Ramadan, and not eating pork-not drinking alcohol.... Even then, you will find many Muslims who dont really do all these things by the book.

In the case of Rifqa, I have followed this case a little bit (being involved with ex-Muslims issues and the evangelization of Muslims in the West). I have to say that the young girl also seemed to have wanted more freedom from her parents (being a teen) and came up with reasons to leave home. It is very unlikely she would have been killed....

I don't think she would have been killed going back to Sri Lanka either.... Sri Lanka is very diverse religiously and very tolerant, there are a lot of interfaith marriages going on.

I know when people file for asylum in the States they have to prove their life is in danger in their host country and their attorneys will come up with all kinds of defenses.

Of course, I am proud that this young girl is a Christian and I bless the Lord for her. I pray her family will also be converted through her. But I dont think it will happen by the media portraying them as evil terrorists.

[Axxman]

This Rifqa Bary case is an example of false social representation in the media and also by the attorneys.

Sri Lankan Muslims are rather liberal. Actually 90% of all Muslims in the world are rather liberal. That means, the women don't veil, play sports, get educated... The men shave their beards and wear Western clothing. Basically religio praying 5 times a day, fasting during the month of Ramadan, and not eating pork-not drinking alcohol.... Even then, you will find many Muslims who dont really do all these things by the book.

In the case of Rifqa, I have followed this case a little bit (being involved with ex-Muslims issues and the evangelization of Muslims in the West). I have to say that the young girl also seemed to have wanted more freedom from her parents (being a teen) and came up with reasons to leave home. It is very unlikely she would have been killed....

I don't think she would have been killed going back to Sri Lanka either.... Sri Lanka is very diverse religiously and very tolerant, there are a lot of interfaith marriages going on.

I know when people file for asylum in the States they have to prove their life is in danger in their host country and their attorneys will come up with all kinds of defenses.

Of course, I am proud that this young girl is a Christian and I bless the Lord for her. I pray her family will also be converted through her. But I dont think it will happen by the media portraying them as evil terrorists.

What a blessing to know I am not the only one! I totally agree it would be amazing to see her family find Christ through all of this mess. I would love to know more about your evangelization of Muslims sometime.

[Guest LadyC]

what am i, chopped liver? you never were the only one axxman LOL, if you'll recall, this is one of the few issues you and i have ever actually agreed upon.

fromislam2christ, welcome to the family of God!

[Axxman]

what am i, chopped liver? you never were the only one axxman LOL, if you'll recall, this is one of the few issues you and i have ever actually agreed upon.

fromislam2christ, welcome to the family of God!

LOL! My apologies sis..u are anything but chopped liver.

[Guest LadyC]

there are a lot of definitions of hostile. but honour killings are not common there.

[nebula]

Well, I thought i had enough of this boxing ring, but I got curious about looking up Sri Lanka.

http://www.persecution.org/suffering/count...?countrycode=14

Buddhism is the official religion. Only 7.6% are Muslim. 6.2% are Christian, but 90% of those are Roman Catholic.

The VOM site - which has one of those funny things I can't directly link to, but you can go to the main page here for Restricted Nations - says 8% are Muslim, 7.26% are Christian, but only 1% are Protestant Christians.

[just_abc]

The link below - last year's USA State Department International Religious Freedom Report on Sri Lanka.

http://state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2009/127371.htm

Just a note. Thank you.

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[Guest LadyC]

abc, i'm having difficulty disciplining myself to read articles right now... do you mind just hitting the highlights of it for me?

[just_abc]

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[Guest LadyC]

thanks for the briefing LOL, i'm just too distracted to go read for myself today. yeah, i have no doubt that there are isolated killings in sri lanka. it happens. buddhists, i think, are typically peaceful people and don't go around killing people for religious reasons. i could be wrong.

but with rifqa bary, the line of thought some people have is that if she gets sent back over to sri lanka, simply because it's in the middle east will automatically make her a target to be murdered because she disgraced her family, rejected islam, and embraced christianity. and that simply isn't the way it is. i'm really glad you're all posting these stats, too, because they help point out and clarify that she's really not much of a target to anyone if she goes back. the relatively few muslims that do live there aren't prone to killing their loved ones over religious differences.