If her true identity were known, Samya believes, her family would seek her out and possibly kill her. They would certainly try to persuade her -- if not force her -- to come home. Her parents, she said, think she is guilty of two serious crimes: She rejected a marriage arranged by her father, who came to the U.S. from the Middle East when Samya was an infant. And perhaps more serious to her parents: She has become an atheist.
MORE: http://www.religionnews.com/2013/03/03/one-womans-journey-out-of-faith-family-and-fear/
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