Rifqa Bary's Parents Speak

There are a few points to note in the YouTube video by Mohomad Bary and Aysha Bary.

• Mohomad Bary says he came to America in 2000 for Rifqa's treatments in her eye. They came to New York and had it done. If he could show such concern just for his daughter's eyes then what say about her life? Without say, he values it and treasures it.

• They had moved to New Albany because the colleges there are ranked 10/10, so it wasn't a terrorist connection or movement or influence that had lead him to move into this part of the country but the fact that his children could get the BEST of education.

• He says his daughter is an A/B grade student. He also says she is a 3.5 gpa student. The way he says it shows how proud he is of his daughter and he is not at all ashamed or regretful of the fact that his daughter is good in studies and wants to support her by giving her even better chances. He says he wants her to stand on her own feet. Certainly not on other people's mercy or coaching!

• He says that when Rifqa was 14 years old she mentioned in a form for baby-sitting that she mentioned the religion as Christianity. He just advised her at that time. One year ago his son told him Rifqa was carrying a Bible in school and trying to convince others. He just advised her,  it's not something that should be done when in school. 4 months back one his friends told him of Rifqa's facebook account and he confronted her and still he didn't threaten her. He even had given the laptop back to her even though he didn't want to do so, saying it's the biggest mistake he did when he gave the laptop to her. Even at that point he was thinking of his daugher's education. Such a concerned father is termed "radical", "extreme", "violent", "abusive".

• Mohomad Bary says he came in as a family and want to have her back as a family. Does this show intentions of wanting to kill? He has continously said that she is free to practice any religion she wants to at his home. How many families send their daughters for cheerleading in such a dress? But this father allowed his daughter to indulge in every fancy of hers and not only that he proudly frames two photographs of her in the cheerleading outfit and keeps it in his living room where every one can see it! This incident was in 2008, just last year. Does it show a violent radical person? In every way this mother and father were proud of their daughter and her achievements!He says he has not imposed anything on his children and they were free to do as they wished!

• Her mother Aysha Bary says she misses her daughter every single day, every single minute. She doesn't look like a woman who is speaking for the sake of making "a show" out of the whole thing or in the hope of misleading Rifqa back into their house. She says she wants Rifqa back home and that she has only ONE daughter. They HONESTLY want their daughter back!

• Mohomad Bary says The Global Revolution Church USE teenagers and he doens't want Rifqa to be a victim of this group. By the way why can't these Church group like Global Revolution Church and Xenos Christian Fellowship target adults? Why always pick on children and teenagers? Is it because teenagers and children are more gullble and will follow without too much doubt? Where do these organizations get their money to function? Don't you smell a rat here?

• He says that first Rifqa hated her friends and then family. This can happen to anyone. What will you do if your  child comes tomorrow and says the church that you go to is not correct and they want to be baptized again and shun you? These groups are encouraging the children to move out of their parents lives, not to keep them with the parents. If such a doctrine is practiced then how could such a theology be right. Which religion says that  a family should be broken up and the children torn apart from the family and friends? If this happens to anyone else and their child goes across from one state to another then they might never see their child again and the child can easily say that the father threatened to kill him/her. So this will be the Rifqa Bary way of handling parents!

• The pastor of Colombus, Ohio -  Brian Williams was warned by the police about Rifqa's disappearance and that's when pastor Blake Lorenz called and informed the police of her whereabouts. At the same time Brian Williams calls Rifqa's brother and says that he baptized her and then THREATENES by saying that if Rifqa returns to her parents then the parents will be in BIG TROUBLE! Now what about this threat? Who is going to the media about this? Or is it going to be hushed down because this is a muslim speaking and not a christian? Not only that but pastors Brian Williams and Blake Lorenz are facebook friends! 

• Every one is shouting about what the law should be doing to protect Rifqa but what about the pastor Lorenz who kept a minor in his home for 2 1/2 weeks without informing the authorities and without legal rights! There has been no case filed agains him till now. Is everyone waiting untill another child is abducted or lured into his system and then say it's too late?

• Some attorneys from Rifqa's side said she made two phone calls to the Child Services but when the court called to check it there was no such call made! So who is telling lies now?

• Sri Lanka is a Buddhist country and only 7% are muslims there. He personally went to a Christian/Catholic School (St.Aloysius College) and in the mornings he says everyone had to say the Christian prayes! His best friend is a Christian: Gary Abbot from Atlanta, Georgia and had known him for more than 20 years. Most of the friends he deals with, his business colleagues are Christians.