Lord God, Free At Last: Rifqa Bary's Victory in Ohio

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
August 5, 2010

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/835/rifqa-bary-victory-in-ohio

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Christmas arrived early this year for this brave, young ex-Muslim convert to Christianity. Judge Mary Goodrich in Columbus, Ohio has just decided that Rifqa, who will turn eighteen in five days, does not have to return to her family (all of whom are here illegally from Sri Lanka). According to breaking local news,

"Goodrich also said it's not in the girl's best interest to return her to her native Sri Lanka. Bary is (also) 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."

Allow me to congratulate her hard-working, dedicated, and skillful lawyers: Angela Lloyd and Kort Gatterdam. But most of all, allow me to congratulate Rifqa herself for her extraodinary strength and courage.

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