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- inactive, on 10/14/2009, -7/+77This girl's claim that her parents are "Radical Muslims" is pretty hard to swallow when they let their daughter strut her stuff on the cheerleading team.
Why should I believe anything else she has to say? - inactive, on 10/14/2009, -5/+55She's being sent back to ohio, but not to her family, Which I think is the right thing to do for now.
- SoulGrub, on 10/14/2009, -12/+42Truth > People's feelings.
- LeroyJenkems, on 10/14/2009, -5/+34Sensationalist tabloid crap.
- jmoh, on 10/14/2009, -10/+36"If I had stayed in Ohio, I wouldn't be alive," she said. "In 150 generations in family, no one has known Jesus. I am the first - imagine the honour in killing me."
Muslim Terrorists!!
This has little to do with Islam, and more to do with her families pride. I doubt we would hear about this story if it were the other way around. - yocouchdigga, on 10/14/2009, -13/+37I don't coddle grown adults that believe in fairy tales... if that makes me an '*****', so be it. Religion needs to go.
- tieInterceptor, on 10/14/2009, -10/+32Haddith 83:17 "The blood of a Muslim who confesses that none has the right to be worshiped but Allah and that I am His Apostle, cannot be shed except in three cases: In Qisas for murder, a married person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts from Islam (apostate) and leaves the Muslims."
In an Islamic state she will be killed, apostasy is penalised by death...
and in a community of nuts she could easyly be killed to keep the rest in line, and show that for the parents god is more precious that their own daughter.
so it has ALL to do with Islam... because it is actually Islamic Law (Sharia) that commands her death. - erhanaltay, on 10/14/2009, -2/+23Why are you fools digging tielntercepter down?
I'm an (atheist) US citizen, born to muslim immigrants and I am very thankful to be in a sane country. Islam is NOT tolerant and as the previous poster pointed out apostasy *is* punishable by DEATH in Islam. Even in US Liberated Afghanistan Sharia is the law and apostasy carries capital punishment! Unbelievable? Believe it. Islam is just that backward and sorry jmoh, you're wrong Islam IS the problem, not just this particular family.
That is not to say every individual who *calls* himself a muslim is a problem, just the ones who really mean it. - WhatPeriod, on 10/14/2009, -1/+20Is it just me or rtfa?
- mbonzo531, on 10/14/2009, -23/+41Its attitudes like this that make religious people think Atheists are arrogant pricks.
- bmad965, on 10/14/2009, -0/+15It says in the article she lost sight in her right eye.
- SEN5241, on 10/14/2009, -2/+17We don't know her personal situation at home, but with all of the high-profile cases in the news about Muslim fathers honor-killing their daughters for things like dating non-Muslims has created a real stereotype of Islamic intolerance and violence carried out by a small minority of its adherents.
It may very well be that her father told her to renounce her conversion or be killed as an apostate or she may simply afraid based on a few sensational stories.
I think it's prudent that CPS is taking the time to figure out the real level of threat before sending her back to her family. - yocouchdigga, on 10/14/2009, -45/+59Religion: Making irrational stupid people act even more irrational and stupid, since the dawn of man.
- brathor, on 10/14/2009, -7/+21There are plenty of examples of irrational and stupid people who were not religious, and there are plenty of examples of rational and intelligent people who were. I agree with the previous commenter, you're making all of us non-religious types look like asshats.
- o76923, on 10/14/2009, -2/+14There has never been a time in all of history where a teenager has exaggerated what their parents said. Nor has any child ever overreacted.
/s - cheerfulcynic, on 10/14/2009, -8/+19there's nothing in the koran that says you have to kill a daughter for converting,
especially to christianity. the koran specifically refers to christians and jews as people who deserve protection as "Ehl Al-Kitab", or "People of the Book".
it's more than a little shady that this girl met this pastor online, and then 2 weeks later, crosses state lines with a third party paid ticket to go to his house.
and muslims from sri lanka generally aren't known for being fundamentalists - and certainly not for carrying out honour killings. - bmiami69, on 10/14/2009, -0/+10let the children decide which religion is best for them.
- eviscerator, on 10/14/2009, -1/+10Not all Muslims follow the Sharia law.
- yocouchdigga, on 10/14/2009, -8/+16"you're making all of us non-religious types look like asshats". - NO, U R
Listen, buddy... I don't care if you think I'm an "asshat" for calling out ***** whenever I feel like it. The time to coddle the religious for their weak mindedness is through for me. The sooner humanity rids itself of the scourge that is "religion", the better off we'll all be. - LilJimmyNordin, on 10/14/2009, -1/+9She's not afraid of all Muslims, she's just afraid of the two she used to live with.
- Uaedaien, on 10/14/2009, -0/+8"The Barys reportedly emigrated from Sri Lanka in 2000 to seek medical treatment for Rifqa, who lost the sight in her right eye following an accident at home."
- davidtorr, on 10/14/2009, -3/+10Weeks later, using mobile phone and computer records, police tracked the girl to the Rev Blake Lorenz, pastor of the Orlando-based Global Revolution Church.
In an emotional six-minute interview Rifqa, who met Lorenz through an online Facebook group, said she expects to be killed if she is forced to return to Ohio.
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So she met some nutjob on the internet who brainwashed her into running away from her parents. Nothing new there, but because the dude is christian and her parents muslim sudenly it's OK? - wmuldoon, on 10/14/2009, -5/+11none are evil. its the sick ***** who take be kind unto others and pervert it into something else who are evil. and tall people, theyre ***** gangly demons.
- Zain123, on 10/14/2009, -1/+7Ah yes, we can be so proud that medical treatment is "better and more available" in the US when compared to Sri Lanka, a third world country.
- freedomizntfree, on 10/14/2009, -4/+10So many Atheist Diggbots are just gnashing their teeth. UGGG RELIGION...
- diemunkiesdie, on 10/14/2009, -1/+7Reading this: http://dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/storie ... and this: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,191 ... It seems more like she has been brainwashed to thinking her parents will kill her by her pastor that she met online. If her parents let her be on the cheerleading team then they can't be the strictest Muslims around!
- smacksaw, on 10/14/2009, -0/+6Ohio v Florida
Hmm...
There's a "right thing" there? - Cornelp, on 10/14/2009, -0/+6DaggerSecurity, you must be out of your mind...
Just because you in the US does not mean anything. Her parents will find ways to deal with this, if they really want to...
If those folks are really fantatic Islam people (some are, some arent), they will do what the litle girl stated, US or not...
She is under-age, so she cannot roam freely...
Im sure she left the house for a reason, and thats death... - BlackSnakeMoan, on 10/14/2009, -0/+5"In 150 generations in family, no one has known Jesus. I am the first - imagine the honour in killing me."
That's some sweet history. Not meaning to detract from the story, but I wish I knew that much about my history.
Obviously the family can't kill her in America with all this publicity, I doubt they would have done it beforehand anyway. - hoodedrobin, on 10/14/2009, -0/+5yeah... Say the average lifespan of her family was 30 years old... Multiply that by 150... Thats 4500 years... First off at that time no one knew jesus. Secondly most people including mohammad from say 500AD were illiterate *it took the angel Gabriel to translate gods words to him or some ******
She obviously was told that 150 generations of her family were Muslim... Even though its only been around for 1500 years. - weeFred, on 10/14/2009, -1/+6RudyPriss... what are you talking about? Everybody is born an athiest. Even if religious people do breed more, how many of those offspring are going to be athiests? My grandparents are religious, all their offspring are athiests. It is religion which is on the decline, don't fool yourself.
- Odonthe1st, on 10/14/2009, -0/+5God, how stupid.
- rjohnson99, on 10/14/2009, -2/+7I am once again stunned at how the Digg community is so quick to defend Islam because it is PC but is fast to completely slam Christianity at the drop of a hat.
I'm not an atheist at all but more of a deist.
The only sense I can make of the community's reaction to Islam is that it is the "PC" thing to say that Islam is a "religion of peace". - Kayger, on 10/14/2009, -2/+6Just because someone doesn't follow a religion does not mean they don't believe in God.
- digghasnoethics, on 10/14/2009, -0/+4Generation is birth to birth (of the next generation, natch). So it might be 22 years at present, and maybe 25 further back.
So we're looking at 3,300 years minimum.
Its a family of precogs; stone them. - Murrabbit, on 10/14/2009, -18/+22Oh well at least she didn't convert to Mormonism or Scientology.
- Cornelp, on 10/14/2009, -1/+4I agree with weeFred. Religion is on the decline, not athiests. I believe reason for it is new world technology and new way of life. More and more people are tired of the religious stuff they must go thru (not thats a bad thing, its part of being religious) and part away from religion all-together...
Everyone should believe in what they want, how they want. Nobody should be forced in believing or NOT-believing in religion...
If an athiest talks bad about religion, thats his choice, but will only make himself look like a fool.
If a religious person talks bad about athiests, its his choice, but will only make himself look like a fool.
Religion is NOT going away anytime soon, so mind as well deal with it.... - JoeyFarah, on 10/14/2009, -2/+5I agree... yet one of the main goals of the "cults" are the indoctrination and brainwashing of children with lies and a fear of death (or should I say going to a make believe HELL) if they do not obey all they are told to do by the cult's leaders.
- erhanaltay, on 10/15/2009, -0/+3Sharia is Islamic Law. You can't have Islam without Sharia. The article discusses Islam and therefor the legal code of Islam is relevant to this discussion.
And those who call themselves as muslim but don't follow sharia are what are dubbed 'cultural muslims'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Muslim
These people do themselves and their fellow citizens a disservice by empowering the fanatics with a false sense of majority / group belonging. - o76923, on 10/14/2009, -0/+2because every time a child says their parents hate or abuse them should be seriously investigated.
- Ferretman, on 10/15/2009, -0/+2Damn that's a stupid judge.
If I were her I'd refuse. - o76923, on 10/15/2009, -0/+2yes, that's exactly what I'm doing. This sort of thing literally happens all the time. Kids run away from home and make up random lies. This is only news because she's playing on anti-Islamic sentiment.
Hell, the article cites the daughter's exaggeration of 150 generations of Islam as legitimate. Unless she's related to Mohamed and each new generation averaged about 12 years, she's full of *****. - PBSRaptor, on 10/14/2009, -1/+3Here's your break: if you want to separate Mormonism from the term Christiantiy, and put it on the level of Scientology, then fine, whatever. But please, how about you give the entire religion a break?
Mormons don't believe the second coming of Jesus already happened, nor believe He died a second time in America by a Jewish ambush (or that He died a second time at all), nor believe God made Native Americans skin red out of anger, nor believe a chosen few will get plants filled with servants to rule over.
If you really feel you have to voice your concerns about Mormon doctrine, make sure what your voicing your concern over is actually Mormon doctrine. Because trust me, what you just posted, ain't it. - tieInterceptor, on 10/15/2009, -0/+2Thanks erhanaltay,
I'm an atheist too, and I had the luck to be born in an non religious family ( like religion wasn't even a topic on the table, and my parents never called themselves atheists or care for religion one way or the other) so I didn't have to struggle out of any religious indoctrination... and I didn't care about it, until 2001 when extremism became a part of our lives whatever we wanted or not.
I totally agree with your post, Sharia is an inseparable part of Islam, so talking about it like it is something separate just distracts away from the problem.
I think ALL religions are dangerous, it's time to move on and embrace rationality and fact based reality.... I salute you in leaving irrationality for reason. - mooheiferghandi, on 10/15/2009, -0/+2If anyone had any sense she'd realize she's almost 18 and despite her family's wishes she can do whatever she damn well wants at that time. Kinda sad to waste the state's money and time for something that will be a non issue upon her next birthday. If she were smart she'd have whomever is representing her to tie this up in court such that she can wait it out where she is until then.
- analogkid01, on 10/14/2009, -0/+2The point is to *prevent* her murder, not to make sure we know who did it after the fact.
- bmiami69, on 10/14/2009, -1/+3yeah, teach ethics and when they become of age they can decide where to go
- Mujokan, on 10/14/2009, -1/+2The cops looked into it and said they found no credible threat.
- Gonthim, on 10/14/2009, -0/+1So we shouldn't investigate??
Seriously man, what are you saying here? Sure, teen's exaggerate all the time. Most of them don't run a thousand miles away and say their parents might kill them though. It's like you're comparing this to some idiot kid lying to his parents about smoking. -
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