Re: A Muslim Girl converting to Christianity ?
Unfortunately American born Muslims are very far away from their Islamic faith and identity.
The parents are to blame, it's neccesary to teach Islam at home and give our children a strong sense of identity. It's little things like celebrating Eid as well as Christmas is celebrated, instead of working the day and letting our kids miss our on their own festival but join in with their friends at Xmas.
We can be British/American and still be Muslim. Islam doesn't require us to wear thobes/shalwar-kameez, listen to Arabic music, have Arabic names or eat curry, we do all these things in the name of Islamic identity but don't teach our kids the real things which matter, about the Islamic Faith or Practices nor implement them in our houses and then we wonder why our kids go astray.
Here in Britain it's not so bad, I think this country gives us more religious rights than say America or Europe so we can practice our religion and still be British, whereas in America you all have to assimilate (I don't mind cultural assimilation but not religious), I think that's why I've learnt to be so greatful to this country and now consider it my home from the bottom of my heart, our Faith is safe here, it's a shame some bad apples in the British Muslim community turn against this country but those groups are not mainstream Muslims and comprise of mostly young stupid druggies who grew a beard and put on a thobe and took a flag in their hands to be cool, they are not considered of sound theology by the orthodox Muslims in terms of both spiritual beliefs and political ones, I'm going off tangent, so in short may Allah bless Britain.
PS. It would be wrong of her parents or anyone else to take Shari'ah into their own hands from an Islamic point of view too, especially in a non-Muslim land. Besides I don't think even an Islamic state can just apply the capital punishemnt for apostasy [which also exists in the Christian/Jewish scriptures("..Let your hand be the first against him to put him to death..." Deuteronomy] to someone just like that, unlike in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures which give no chance to repent before the capital punishment, the Muslim Law requires that the apostate be given a chance to renounce their apostasy so in a way I suppose Islam gives them the leniency to outwardly come back to Islam even if they secretly choose to have faith in another religion, that's a freedom Islamic scriptures allow which Judeo-Christian ones don't, the fact that Judeo-Christian people choose to follow more politically correct laws not in accordance with their scriptures is a different matter alltogether.