— “The brother of Noor Almaleki, whom police say was run over by her father last week, has told a local television news station that the father and daughter have been in conflict the past couple of years.”
— “Noor Almaleki had married a man in Iraq but returned to the United States and moved in with a boyfriend and his mother in Surprise. The father was furious about the arrangement, according to the brother.”
— “Noor, who underwent spinal surgery, remained unconscious Monday as her father, Faleh Hassan Almaleki of Glendale, continued to elude police.”
— “Peter-Ali Almaleki told CBS 5 News that his sister went ‘out of her way to disrespect’ her traditional Muslim father.”
— “On Oct. 20, Peoria police were called to a Department of Economic Security parking lot and found that Noor Almaleki and her boyfriend’s mother, Amal Edan Khalaf, had been run over. They believe that Faleh Almaleki struck the women while driving his 2000 silver Jeep Grand Cherokee, license plate ADS-9192.”
— “Khalaf reportedly was improving but Noor Almaleki remained in ‘life-threatening’ condition, according to police.”
— “Family members told police that the father was upset that his daughter failed to live by traditional Muslim values.”
— KPHO Phoenix CBS 5 Reports “Family: Anger Fueled Dad’s Attack On Daughter”:
— KPHO reports: “Peter-Ali Almaleki told CBS 5 News in an exclusive interview Saturday that for years his father and sister have been at odds.”
— “He said much of the conflict stems from his sister choosing to not follow in the family’s Muslim traditions but he added he had no idea what led his father to run over his sister.”
— “He said part of the hurt is the tension between father and daughter for the past two years. ‘The people she’s been living with is what triggered my dad’s anger,’ he said.”
— “‘The past two years she’s been going out of her way being disrespectful and the person, the boy that is supposedly her boyfriend, now I don’t like him,’ said Peter-Ali Almaleki.”
— “And for a traditional Muslim family, he said that disrespect was the ultimate insult to his father.”
— “‘Different cultures, different values,’ he said. ‘One thing to one culture does not make sense to another culture.'”
Rifqa Bary tells Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) she was abused, was supposed to have arranged marriage
— Orlando Sentinel reports: “Ohio teen runaway Fathima Rifqa Bary told Florida investigators about her religious conversion, explained how and why she ended up in Florida and detailed a fearful life with her Muslim family, including the fact she was supposed to be in an arranged marriage.”
— “A month after she ran away from her home outside Columbus, the 17-year-old girl met with several investigators with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for more than two hours and answered questions about her journey to Florida and her family life.”
— “Rifqa’s case drew attention from investigators after she was reported missing by her parents in Ohio and then surfaced in Orlando while living with husband-and-wife pastors. She claimed that she had converted to Christianity and feared that her Muslim father would harm or kill her because of her religious conversion.”
Arizona: Father runs down daughter in Peoria parking lot — Your West Valley reports: “Peoria police are searching for a man they say ran down his 20-year-old daughter in a parking lot for becoming ‘too ‘westernized’ and … not living according to their traditional Iraq values.'”
— “Noor Faleh Almaleki of Surprise was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, police said. Another woman, Amal Edan Khalaf, 43, of Surprise also was struck and is in the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.”
— FOX News: “Ohio Judge: State to Take Custody of Christian Convert Runaway” — “Ohio can take custody of a girl who ran away to Florida, saying she feared she’d be killed for converting to Christianity from Islam, a judge ruled Thursday in a decision clarifying the girl’s legal status once she returns” — Orlando Sentinel: “State taking custody of Rifqa Bary, Ohio judge says” — “A central Ohio judge has ruled that the state will take custody of a girl who ran away to Florida saying she feared she’d be killed for converting to Christianity from Islam. Franklin County Juvenile Court Magistrate Mary Goodrich today ordered 17-year-old Rifqa Bary to the custody of the county’s Children Services agency, pending the confirmation of her immigration status or her return to Ohio.”
Rifqa Bary, 17 - reports say she is threatened with death by her family in Ohio for converting from Islam to Christianity
‘Teen’s plight not an isolated incident’
— PunjabiPower: “This probably happens every day in families who are Muslim or who are from conservative cultures such as South Asia”
— “The plight of the Ohio teen is not an isolated incident or a simple family matter. This is a disregard of the basic human rights experienced by countless teens, men and women of Muslim Faith and conservative cultures such as South Asia and the Middle East.”
— RegardingRifqa Bary – “the only thing that matters is how she feels. If she feels threatened, that’s the end of story…”
WESH: Religious Runaway To Be Sent To Ohio Foster Home — Rifqa Bary Say She Fled To Orlando To Escape Persecution
— WESH reports: “Rifqa Bary, 17, made national headlines when she fled from her parents’ home because she claimed they planned to kill her for converting to Christianity. Bary posted a video on YouTube calling her parents radical.”
— “A Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated Rifqa Bary’s claims and found no evidence she would be a victim of an honor killing if she were returned home. There was also no evidence of assault or abuse.”
WFTV reports:
— “The teenager who ran away from Ohio to Orlando because she feared physical harm for converting from Islam to Christianity has been ordered back to Ohio, but the judge made two conditions.”
— “The Orlando judge said Tuesday afternoon that 17-year-old Rifqa Bary, who had been staying in Orlando, should return to Ohio under the care of the state’s child protective services. The judge, though said, he needs documentation that she can continue the online education she’s getting in Florida and her parents must turn over all immigration documents to the judge to prove she can legally stay in the United States.”
— “The Orlando judge set a hearing for October 23 if the aforementioned conditions have not been met. If they are met before that time, it’s possible Bary could head back to Ohio sooner.”
— “Bary is in foster care in Orlando while her case is being reviewed. The judge says he will turn over the case to an Ohio court in the next few weeks, but no order has been signed yet”
Judge: Rifqa Bary will go back to Ohio
— Orlando Sentinel Reports:
— “Rifqa Bary, the Muslim-to-Christian teen convert who is at the center of a politically charged custody dispute, will go back to Ohio as soon as issues of her immigration and virtual schooling are solved”
— “An Orange Circuit Judge said he will return a teenage runaway from Ohio back to Ohio but only after her immigration status is settled and only after ensuring she can continue her schooling at ‘virtural school’ in Ohio.”
— “At a hearing in Orlando to determine the immediate future for Fathima Rifqa Bary, judge Daniel Dawson asked that her parents — from whom Rifqa ran in July — submit all the paperwork necessary to settle any immigration issues.”
— “The family is from Sri Lanka but lives and works outside Columbus, Ohio.”
— “Krista Bartholomew, Rifqa’s guardian ad litem, said she will provide a list of all documents needed for the immigration status so everyone is clear on what is needed. She said this has been provided before but she will do it again.”
— “Rifqa attended the hearing but used the time in the courtroom to read her Bible.”
— “She has been in Orlando since mid-July when she boarded a Greyhound bus and left Ohio. She arrived in Orlando and took up residence with husband and wife pastors that she met through a prayer group on the Internet social networking site, Facebook.”
— “The 17-year-old said she left her Muslim family because she feared they would harm or kill her because she converted to Christianity.”
— “Her family has said her fears are unfounded.”
— “But the conflict spilled into the courts after the Department of Children and Families became Rifqa’s custodian.”
— “The case is also in court-ordered mediation, but no agreement has come from it, Dawson learned today.”
— “A judge from Ohio said sat in via speaker phone, as did Rifqa’s Ohio attorneys, her parents’ attorney, Ohio media, someone from the Franklin County children services, someone from the prosecutor’s office and a guardian ad litem.”
— “The Ohio judge said told the court that her state should have jurisdiction and wants jurisdiction on the case.”
— “Bartholomew agreed the case should return to Ohio, but John Stemberger, Rifqa’s Florida attorney, objected.”
— “A representative from the children’s services in Ohio said a foster home has been identified for Rifqa in that state.”
Orlando Sentinel reported earlier that:
— “However, it should be a transition to Ohio and she continue to receive services. She would like Rifqa to have a mental examination before she returns to Ohio. She also wants the parents to have a psychological exam, too.”
— “It’s important to determine what services are needed. Rifqa has been seeing a counselor here in Florida, Batholomew said.”
— “Bartholomew also asked that she finish some of her schooling here in Florida.”
— “She wants the parents to follow the orders set up by the Florida court, such as the immigration issue.”
— “The parents have not addressed that issue yet, Bartholomew said. At this point, there is a chance she is in the country illegally.”
— “This could take several weeks, she said.” AP: Another hearing held for runaway convert
— “The judge is holding another hearing Tuesday that will help determine whether 17-year-old Rifqa Bary stays in Orlando or returns to her family who live outside Columbus”
