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Rifqa Bary moved another step closer to freedom yesterday. FOX has the good news here. The parents' attorney claims they are concerned for her health. These are the same parents who would likely have a headsman there to greet her if she were sent back to Sri Lanka.
Judge: Runaway Christian Girl Not Required to Reunite With Muslim Parents
Published August 05, 2010
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A juvenile court judge in Columbus, Ohio, has granted a runaway Christian convert's request to declare reunion with her Muslim parents impossible, paving the way for the girl to fight deportation.
Magistrate Mary Goodrich said Thursday that reconciliation between Rifqa Bary and her parents isn't possible before she turns 18 on Tuesday. Goodrich also said it's not in the girl's best interest to return her to her native Sri Lanka.
Bary is an illegal immigrant. The ruling allows her attorneys to file for a special immigration status to allow her to stay in the U.S. while she continues medical treatment following recent surgery for uterine cancer.
Bary fled to Florida last year saying she feared harm for her conversion. Her parents deny she would have been harmed.The immigration status of the parents, who live in the Columbus area, is unclear.
Bary underwent successful cancer surgery in May and then was scheduled for 45 weeks of chemotherapy , which would give her an "80 to 90 percent chance" she'd be fine, Omar Tarazi, an attorney for Bary's parents, told the judge.
Instead, Bary stopped the chemotherapy after two or three rounds, deciding she'd been healed, Tarazi said. In a court filing last week, the girl's parents claimed she stopped after visiting a faith healer.
"The parents are feeling helpless," Tarazi said. "They feel like this is such a critical issue that it be in writing."
Goodrich said she understood why Bary's parents, Mohamed and Aysha Bary of suburban Columbus, filed the request. "I've never gotten the impression they didn't care very much for their daughter," she said.
A letter from Bary's doctor recommending the 45 weeks of chemotherapy indicates she is cancer free for now according to available imaging technology, Bary's attorney, Kort Gatterdam, told the judge.
The letter also says she suffers from a rare form of cancer for which there is no standard treatment.
Rifqa Bary stopped the treatment after becoming sick and in consultation with her doctor, Gatterdam said. He disputed the faith healer allegation, saying Bary had attended a prayer conference after which she continued with surgeries and other treatment.
"Rifqa's not saying she'll never do the treatment again, that she'll never do chemo," Gatterdam said. "She'll continue working with her doctor."
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JAWA EXCLUSIVE: Court Docs - Rifqa Bary's father, Mohamed Bary, threatened Rifqa's counselor, who in fear refused to testify on her behalf; Prosecutor Ron O'Brien refuses to file charges because "it will negatively impact the Muslim community"...
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Rifqa Barry Parents Try to Block EmmigrationFrom Jawa: Basically they all are here illegally, Rifqa is applying for special emigration status to prevent her from being deported to Sri Lanka where she does not feel safe. Her parents are trying to block...
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Great News: Rifqa Bary's legal case over!!! She stays in state custody***Updated*** From Jawa: Rifqa Bary's dependency case was settled today in an Ohio juvenile court by Rifqa and her parents, and she will remain in state custody until her...
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Parents of Rifqa Bary ask court to hold her in contempt to force her to attend counseling sessions with Muslim counselor From Jawa (click on the title above to see the whole thing): ...and the counselor they demand she attend filed an affidavit in...
- Rifqa Update: This Is What I Was Afraid Of.
CLICK HERE FOR BACKGROUND INFO ON THE RIFQA STORY The Muslim parents of an Ohio teenager who fled to Florida fearing an "honor killing" for converting to Christianity today blamed their daughter's fears on the husband and wife pastors who took their...
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Rifqa Bary moved another step closer to freedom yesterday. FOX has the good news here. The parents' attorney claims they are concerned for her health. These are the same parents who would likely have a headsman there to greet her if she were sent back to Sri Lanka.
Judge: Runaway Christian Girl Not Required to Reunite With Muslim Parents
Published August 05, 2010
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A juvenile court judge in Columbus, Ohio, has granted a runaway Christian convert's request to declare reunion with her Muslim parents impossible, paving the way for the girl to fight deportation.
Magistrate Mary Goodrich said Thursday that reconciliation between Rifqa Bary and her parents isn't possible before she turns 18 on Tuesday. Goodrich also said it's not in the girl's best interest to return her to her native Sri Lanka.
Bary is an illegal immigrant. The ruling allows her attorneys to file for a special immigration status to allow her to stay in the U.S. while she continues medical treatment following recent surgery for uterine cancer.
Bary fled to Florida last year saying she feared harm for her conversion. Her parents deny she would have been harmed.The immigration status of the parents, who live in the Columbus area, is unclear.
Bary underwent successful cancer surgery in May and then was scheduled for 45 weeks of chemotherapy , which would give her an "80 to 90 percent chance" she'd be fine, Omar Tarazi, an attorney for Bary's parents, told the judge.
Instead, Bary stopped the chemotherapy after two or three rounds, deciding she'd been healed, Tarazi said. In a court filing last week, the girl's parents claimed she stopped after visiting a faith healer.
"The parents are feeling helpless," Tarazi said. "They feel like this is such a critical issue that it be in writing."
Goodrich said she understood why Bary's parents, Mohamed and Aysha Bary of suburban Columbus, filed the request. "I've never gotten the impression they didn't care very much for their daughter," she said.
A letter from Bary's doctor recommending the 45 weeks of chemotherapy indicates she is cancer free for now according to available imaging technology, Bary's attorney, Kort Gatterdam, told the judge.
The letter also says she suffers from a rare form of cancer for which there is no standard treatment.
Rifqa Bary stopped the treatment after becoming sick and in consultation with her doctor, Gatterdam said. He disputed the faith healer allegation, saying Bary had attended a prayer conference after which she continued with surgeries and other treatment.
"Rifqa's not saying she'll never do the treatment again, that she'll never do chemo," Gatterdam said. "She'll continue working with her doctor."
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JAWA EXCLUSIVE: Court Docs - Rifqa Bary's father, Mohamed Bary, threatened Rifqa's counselor, who in fear refused to testify on her behalf; Prosecutor Ron O'Brien refuses to file charges because "it will negatively impact the Muslim community"...
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Rifqa Barry Parents Try to Block EmmigrationFrom Jawa: Basically they all are here illegally, Rifqa is applying for special emigration status to prevent her from being deported to Sri Lanka where she does not feel safe. Her parents are trying to block...
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Great News: Rifqa Bary's legal case over!!! She stays in state custody***Updated*** From Jawa: Rifqa Bary's dependency case was settled today in an Ohio juvenile court by Rifqa and her parents, and she will remain in state custody until her...
-
Parents of Rifqa Bary ask court to hold her in contempt to force her to attend counseling sessions with Muslim counselor From Jawa (click on the title above to see the whole thing): ...and the counselor they demand she attend filed an affidavit in...
- Rifqa Update: This Is What I Was Afraid Of.
CLICK HERE FOR BACKGROUND INFO ON THE RIFQA STORY The Muslim parents of an Ohio teenager who fled to Florida fearing an "honor killing" for converting to Christianity today blamed their daughter's fears on the husband and wife pastors who took their...