Update September 8th: Pamela Geller reports that Nidra Poller has written an important Op-ed in the Wall Street Journal about this case, here. I had the pleasure of meeting Ms. Poller in Nashville last May where she made a presentation at the New English Review conference on radical Islam.
We first told you about Rifqa Bary here. She is the teenager from Ohio who converted to Christianity and ran away to Florida when she feared she would be the victim of an honor killing by her family or others in the Muslim community in Ohio. Jerry Gordon writing at New English Review has a lengthy analysis of where the case stands as of the end of last week, here.
What occurred both inside and outside the Orlando Circuit Court room on September 3rd at the Rifqa Bary hearing was nothing short of Jihad against all apostates. Muslim fury was focused on so-called ‘Christian extremists’ who had allegedly swayed a teen-age apostate originally from Sri Lanka to convert to Christianity from Islam. In court, the petit teenager dressed demurely wearing a silver cross and holding a bible. Miss Bary’s case is being presided over by Judge Daniel Dawson. Judge Dawson has foremost in mind two basic issues; securing jurisdiction and the safety of Miss Bary. Dawson’s August 21st hearing decision permitting her to remain in child custody in Florida. This has clearly outraged Muslims who demand her return to her Muslim parents in Ohio and an uncertain fate.
Read on.