Rifqa Bary's Future

More on Rifqa Bary, whose family is apparently illegal aliens, via Atlas Shrugs:

The Front Page Interview: Pamela Geller on Rifqa Bary

"Jamie Glazov interviewed me for Frontpage magazine. Check it out

Throwing Rifqa to the Wolves – by Jamie Glazov

Here's an excerpt:


'FP: What are the possibilities if the parents do not provide the documents?

Geller: It’s anyone’s guess. The whole family could be deported. The risk to Rifqa’s life is considerable. The sooner Rifqa’s defense team has the documents, the sooner her status can be addressed. There are several different approaches to securing her safety. A person seeking asylum may do so from inside the US and does not have to leave and petition for re-entry. That is the advantage. Religious asylum is seldom granted though. Perhaps Rifqa could file a claim on a civil rights violation (a CAIR move) against her parents.

The question of jurisdiction may appear to be settled but it is not. Dawson said he doesn’t plan to release her until he sees the Bary immigration documents. It will be interesting.

FP: Why do you think there is such silence about apostasy when this is actually causing the case itself? The media is saying nothing about this.

Geller: It’s indicative of how sick our society has become. Spinelessness and ignorance are a lethal combination. Apostasy is the motive behind the death threat. Period. Of course the FDLE found no evidence of a threat, they did not investigate threats of a religious nature. Perhaps the upside (if there could be such a thing) to this terrible case is that the media is being exposed for their conquered, dhimmi approach to the story. And that is why new media/alternative reporting was so critical to this story.

FP: Overall, what do you think this case has signified? What has been its meaning? What have your own impressions been?

Geller: This is a landmark case on so many levels. The obvious is the media’s auto-censorship. Their bias is so fixed that they would rather put a teenage girl’s life at risk than report the story. Why wouldn’t they err on the side of caution? What is Rifqa Bary so terrified of? The media’s indifference is devastating.

It’s the proverbial teaching moment. Why isn’t the media giving Wafa Sultan, Ibn Warraq, Nonie Darwish and any of the thousands of apostates living in the shadows, front page exposure in the media, to help push back, push Islamic supremacism back to the fringe of civilization?

Further, this case pits Sharia law and its absolutism against the rule of law in America. If we turn a blind eye to the execution of sharia law in our society, is that not our sanction? Are we not complicit if we are not vigilant?

The silence of the media, pundits, law enforcement, psychologists, the court system renders the girls, the women, the men murdered in the name of Islam nothing more than a rumor. They are invisible and count for nothing. It speaks volumes to the West’s respect and sanctity of life.

The larger picture is the clash of civilizations, a clash of human systems. The battle is for our very soul.

President Obama addressed the Muslim world in June from Al Ahzar University in Cairo where a fatwa (death penalty) was issued for apostasy. The President described Al Azhar. this way: “For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt’s advancement.”

In that same speech Obama declared, ”….the United States government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab and to punish those who would deny it.”

Well, what about the right of women and girls not to wear the hijab?

America is the greatest, the noblest, and in its original founding principles, the first and last moral country (save Israel) in the history of the world – what happened?'"


For an interesting look at what the Muslim world has to say about this case, read from Arab News, which places the blame on right-wing Christians and is quick to defend the radical Columbus, Ohio, mosque, Noor Islamic Cultural Center (NICC).

Check out this interesting paragraph:

"When contacted by Arab News, an NICC official, who wished to remain anonymous, said: 'This is nothing new, right-wing Christians have always attacked active mosques. Noor is a very prominent mosque. It caters to 10,000 Muslims in central Ohio. We have very successful interfaith programs. We have prominent visitors like congressmen, and the president of Bangladesh visited us. We have even been invited to the White House.'"


Of all the mosques in the United States, why has the Obama Administration chosen members of this particular radical mosque to visit the White House? Inquiring minds want to know.