Her father absolutely denies he has any intention of harming his daughter. He and the family
only want her back home. According to the article at FoxNews.com, "Mohamed Bary said he has
no intentions of harming his daughter."
"I love my daughter and I want her to come back to the family," he told Fox News.com,
declining further comment.
According to the article, "The Barys reportedly emigrated from Sri Lanka in 2000 to seek
medical treatment for Rifqa, who lost the sight in her right eye following an accident at home."
Barbra Joyner, Mohamed Bary's lawyer, declined to comment on Rifqa's interview with WFTV
but said transferring the case back to Ohio will be in the "best interest" of the girl. Craig
McCarthy, is an attorney for Aysha Bary. According to Fox News.com, he "agreed that the case
should be moved back to Ohio and added that the girl's mother is afraid for her safety."
This is a fight between a 17-year old girl's rights for her own safety and the rights of her parents.
The lawyers are looking on the side of how her family feels losing a daughter who runs away.
There's a question of whether the daughter's story is the way she says it is and what's happening
to her where she's living for the time being. There's also the concern of the girl's protection and
safety as a minor. And the family is concerned how she arrived in Florida, whether she's telling
the entire story as it happened.
It's about believing the girl versus believing the parents. The problem is that she met the people
she's with on Facebook, and that scares her family and the lawyers.
The issue is about how her family feels regarding her conversion to Christianity and the girl's
safety. Who's there to really help the girl protect her rights and her safety?
Dr. Phyllis Chesler, an author and professor of psychology at the Richmond College of the City
University of New York, told Fox News.com that she believes Bary will be in danger if she is
sent back to her parents. Chesler noted that apostasy is a capital crime under Islam.
On the other hand, does it matter whether the family lives in the USA? Those who side with the
girl worry that she will be isolated or harmed if the family no longer can persuade her to return to
her religion. Who will protect the girl from possible violence? And is the family that says they
love her willing to accept her unconditionally when and if she returns home? What do you think?
Will she be safe at home or harmed? Would you put your life in the hands of your family? Can
she? There's no way to tell until it happens. It's a frightening possibility. But then again, why
would the girl run away from a loving home in the first place, unless she really thought she'd be
killed? And why would she think that if her family publicly noted they love her? Whatever the
outcome, who's going to protect her wherever she is sent?
 
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