http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=858998A bestselling author and critic of Islam is very concerned about reports that a high-profile Christian convert from Islam has been receiving death threats from Muslims.
Rifqa Bary, 17, remains in a foster home while Ohio authorities continue to deal with the legal wrangling over her custody. Last summer the teen ran away to Florida from her parents' home near Cincinnati because she feared her father would harm or kill her for converting from Islam. Her father has since denied the claim.
But many of her supporters -- Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch among them -- believe Rifqa's life would be in grave danger if the juvenile court orders her returned to her parents. Spencer notes recently there have been death threats posted on the Internet networking site Facebook.
Robert Spencer"These are clearly indications that she is in danger -- and Ohio authorities ought to take that into account when considering her fate," he argues. "Even if they decide that she is in no danger from her parents, clearly she is in danger from the local Muslim community; and it's unlikely that her parents would shelter her from that community since they're part of it."
The Jihad Watch spokesman is hopeful that on the basis of those threats alone, the authorities in Ohio would decide that it would be too dangerous for Rifqa to be returned home.
Spencer says the next hearing on the young girl's case is scheduled for January 28, but he is fearful that authorities will ultimately believe the girl's father and return her to him.
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