Muslim Teen Fears for Life
Christian 17-year-old girl, Rifqa Bary, ran away from her Muslim family in Columbus, Ohio, in July and took refuge in the home of the Rev. Blake Lorenz with the Global Revolution Church in Orlando, Florida.
The teenager, in a sworn affidavit, claims her father, 47, was pressured by the mosque the family attends in Ohio to “deal with the situation.” In the court filing, Rifqa Bary stated her father said, “If you have this Jesus in your heart, you are dead to me!” The teenager claims her father added, “I will kill you!” She said “There is great honor in that, because if they love Allah more than me, they have to do it. It’s in the Koran,”
At the hearing, Judge Daniel Dawson of the Orange County Juvenile Court ordered the girl and her parents to seek the mediation within 30 days. Another hearing is scheduled for September 29 if the family is not able to resolve the conflict through mediation.
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