Normally, I would not be sympathetic to the idea of teenagers running away from home. I'm willing, however, to consider an exception in the case of Rifqa Bary, the Ohio girl who fled her Muslim family out of fear that she would become the next American to face an honor-killing. Rifqa converted to Christianity, and her parents threatened her. A Florida judge has ruled that she must return to her parents.
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