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Blaming Rifqa Bary’s Parents For the Right Wing Holy War 09/23/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Sometimes you just have to marvel at the utter cluelessness of some of the right-wing activists who have gotten involved in the Rifqa Bary saga. Yesterday, we noted that …

Rifqa Bary Wins More Right Wing Support 09/22/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Rifqa Bary was back in court yesterday as her parents tried to get the case moved from Florida, where she fled, back to Ohio and filed a complaint against the couple who harbored her after …

Conservative Christian Attorney Chastises the Right for Exploiting Rifqa Bary 09/18/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Taking a break from Values Voter Summit blogging for a moment, I wanted to highlight this important op-ed in the St. Petersburg Times from Craig …

Right Wing Leftovers 09/17/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Rifqa Bary's personal writings indicate she wants to be a prophet. Want to design the cover of Rick Warren's next book?  Here's your chance . Orly Taitz says people need to stop attacking her and start …

Is Armstrong Williams Trying to Kill Rifqa Bary? 09/16/2009 by Kyle Mantyla I assume that will be the title of Pamela Geller's next piece of right-wing propaganda after she reads this commentary from Williams : It was all too easy, after hearing the …

Rifqa Bary and the Plot To Destroy Our Constituion 09/15/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Yesterday we noted that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's investigation into the wild allegations made by right-wing activists who have rallied in defense of 17 …

Rifqa Bary and the Right Wing Holy War 09/14/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Back on September 3 , the judge overseeing the case involving Rifqa Bary sealed the findings from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's investigation into the wild allegations made by …

OH Gov: Send Rifqa Back 09/11/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Ohio Governor Ted Strickland has issued a statement calling for Rifqa Bary to be returned to Ohio; a move which raises the stakes in this battle because Florida Gov. Charlie Crist has already said that …

Rifqa Bary: A Schaivo-Like Controversy in the Making? 09/10/2009 by Kyle Mantyla Newsweek has a good article on the Rifqa Bary saga that we've been covering here for the last few weeks and it contains a few new nuggets of interesting information, such as …

What Rifqa Bary Means To The Religious Right 09/08/2009 by Kyle Mantyla The saga of Rafiq Bary continues to drag on. The short version is that Bary is a 17 year old girl from a Muslim family in Ohio who converted to Christianity, reportedly 4 years ago . …