"She's living and residing in Ohio,. But who's supporting and feeding her? Lawyers in Ohio
emphasize that when a child runs away and goes to another jurisdiction, the law says the child
will be returned to the original jurisdiction.
The problem is, when she is forced to return to Ohio, at age 17, the law says she won't be able to
live on her own. The state of Ohio has no emancipation statute. But other state do have
emancipation statues for 17-year-olds.
Florida's emancipation statue still requires parental consent. What is likely to happen is that Bary
will be returned to Ohio. She has one law on her side, though. The police and social workers
could intervene if they see evidence of a threat a basis to step in.
What the adults aren't looking at in this case is that Rifqa Bary ran away to Florida after her
parents, Mohamed and Aysha Bary, learned that she was baptized in the Christian religion earlier
this year without their knowledge.
The teenager claims if she is returned her parents will kill her. But her parents say that they only
want her back and reported her missing to Columbus Police on July 19. Weeks later, using cell
phone and computer records, police tracked the girl to the Rev. Blake Lorenz, pastor of the
Orlando-based Global Revolution Church. FOXNews.com's calls to Lorenz were not returned.
If she's in hiding under the protection of her church pastor, why can't authorities let her stay there
until she's 18, finished with high school, and working on her own or going away to college?
In an emotional six-minute interview with WFTV in Florida, Rifqa, who met Lorenz through an
online Facebook group, said she expects to be killed if she is forced to return to Ohio.
"If I had stayed in Ohio, I wouldn't be alive," she told Fox News. "In 150 generations in family,
no one has known Jesus. I am the first — imagine the honor in killing me.
She told Fox News, "There is great honor in that, because if they love Allah more than me, they
have to do it. It's in the Koran," Rifqa told Fox News in the interview, which has been posted on
YouTube.
Rifqa Bary wears a cross and told Fox News that she had to hide her Christian Bible "for years."
The teenager emphasized to Fox News that she had to attend Christian prayer meetings without
the knowledge or consent of her family.
The young woman referred to numerous victims of honor killings in which young Muslim
women are murdered if they bring dishonor to their families and made it clear in the news
interview she seriously felt that her family would do the same to her if they caught her.
"They love God more than me, they have to do this," Bary told WFTV. "I'm fighting for my life.
You guys don't understand. … I want to worship Jesus freely, that's what I want. I don't want to
die."
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