Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Attorney says runaway convert has nothing to fear

Nothing in a police report supports the belief of an Ohio teenager that she would be in jeopardy if she returned home, despite her claims that she fears for her life for converting from Islam to Christianity, her mother's attorney said in court Thursday.

The police report, which was ordered sealed for 10 days by a Florida judge, contains the results of a two-week investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement into Rifqa Bary's family and her home life. The 17-year-old ran away from her parents' home in suburban Columbus, Ohio, in July, saying she feared being killed for changing religions. The family immigrated from Sri Lanka …

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