Comments on: A Tenacious Convert on the Run: the Ongoing Saga of Rifqa Bary, Part One http://catholicexchange.com/2009/09/03/121572/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: We No Longer Live in a 9-10 World: The Ongoing Saga of Rifqa Bary, Part Two | Catholic Exchange http://catholicexchange.com/2009/09/03/121572/comment-page-1/#comment-42509 We No Longer Live in a 9-10 World: The Ongoing Saga of Rifqa Bary, Part Two | Catholic Exchange Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:04:40 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/09/03/121572/#comment-42509 [...] Last week we looked at the case of Rifqa Bary, a teenager who has fled her family after their violent reaction to her conversion to Christianity. This follows on the heels of a rash of honor killings in the West, more fatwas and a host of legal disputes in which the status of Islamic observance in non-Muslim countries is drawing attention to the question: What is it about Islam that makes them treat people this way? [...] [...] Last week we looked at the case of Rifqa Bary, a teenager who has fled her family after their violent reaction to her conversion to Christianity. This follows on the heels of a rash of honor killings in the West, more fatwas and a host of legal disputes in which the status of Islamic observance in non-Muslim countries is drawing attention to the question: What is it about Islam that makes them treat people this way? [...]

]]> By: Kathryn http://catholicexchange.com/2009/09/03/121572/comment-page-1/#comment-42384 Kathryn Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:30:08 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/09/03/121572/#comment-42384 Doesn't the Church hold the Muslim religion in "esteem" or something? I looked up #841 in the Catechism and of course, it doesn't say that exactly, only that Muslims profess tho hold the faith of Abraham and adore the Merciful God with us, etc. But for some reason, the word "esteem" come to mind. I find it very, very difficult to hold this particular religion and its adherants in "esteem," but maybe that is just because I'm a White Anglo Saxon intolerant type. Doesn’t the Church hold the Muslim religion in “esteem” or something? I looked up #841 in the Catechism and of course, it doesn’t say that exactly, only that Muslims profess tho hold the faith of Abraham and adore the Merciful God with us, etc. But for some reason, the word “esteem” come to mind.

I find it very, very difficult to hold this particular religion and its adherants in “esteem,” but maybe that is just because I’m a White Anglo Saxon intolerant type.

]]> By: caoimhin http://catholicexchange.com/2009/09/03/121572/comment-page-1/#comment-42380 caoimhin Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:20:16 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/09/03/121572/#comment-42380 That's different. Muslims aren't violently intolerant; Christians are. That's the narrative. And as any good postmodern knows, we don't have truth, we have narratives :-P That’s different. Muslims aren’t violently intolerant; Christians are. That’s the narrative. And as any good postmodern knows, we don’t have truth, we have narratives :-P

]]> By: Mary Kochan http://catholicexchange.com/2009/09/03/121572/comment-page-1/#comment-42377 Mary Kochan Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:41:58 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/2009/09/03/121572/#comment-42377 Can you imagine the news coverage this would get if she was raised in Christian home and became Muslim and her parents or the community threatened her life? Can you just imagine? Can you imagine the news coverage this would get if she was raised in Christian home and became Muslim and her parents or the community threatened her life? Can you just imagine?

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