by Barbarossa
Rifqa Bary’s dependency case was settled today in an Ohio juvenile court by Rifqa and her parents, and she will remain in state custody until her 18th birthday. In return for her parents dropping their opposition to dependency, Rifqa agreed to plead to the “unruly” charge, which will not count as a criminal charge and jeopardize her upcoming immigration claim.
What prompted this remarkable turn-around? It was clear to CAIR that they were going to lose in trial. CAIR was trying to force Rifqa to make some kind of admission that her statements about the terror-tied Noor Islamic Cultural Center her parents attended weren’t true, but when Rifqa’s attorneys said no and that they intended to take it to trial where all of Noor and CAIR’s secrets would be revealed, CAIR capitulated.