Re: Muslim teen fears for life after changing religion
Yeah, this story is really infuriating for me because I'm from a southern state in the U.S. where I've seen lots of big, powerful churches like this (many of them were more like money-making schemes) and they would prey on younger people from different religions. A close group of friends I had from a church like this tried to convert me and one of the girls later admitted to me that they used to have meetings in church specifically about ME and what tactics to use. Thats just wierd.
I think that this COULD potentially be a problem in other families, but in this case, I just can't believe this girl. Her interviews simply spew rhetoric and use common misconceptions about Islam to appeal to the mass public (she uses wierd phrases like "my blood is halal for my parents" and "its about honor")
I just find it hard to believe that her parents would threaten to kill her....she was a cheerleader for God's sake! no fundamentalist father i could imagine would allow his daughter to be a cheerleader.