What do I do about my feelings for this girl?

Well there's this girl I've liked for about almost 9 months and about 2 months ago i told her i liked her. she told me that she kinda liked me too(like she thought she did, but she was kinda confused at the same time) and probably would go out with me if it wasn't for the fact that there was another guy that she also liked(but for a long time) but couldn't be with because of his religion(he's Muslim). she said that she would tell me when she finalized her feelings for me, and that she would try to get over the other guy. fast forward till 2 weeks ago, she told me that she had gotten over the other guy. but that left me thinking "where does that put me?". one day i finally got to ask her, where she told me that she doesn't like me. she said she kinda did a while ago but not anymore. she said she made herself get over me because while she doesn't like the other guy anymore she still has great respect for him and is afraid that if she went out with me that respect would turn into something else and then she would like him again and eventually break up with me because she doesn't like being with someone when she likes them and someone else at the same time(it happened to her in her last relationship). well, quite frankly that left me heartbroken. later i found out that my closest friend had talked to her about me(after she told me that she didn't like me) and had told him that she honestly did want to like me, but for some reason she couldn't. so that brings us to here. what do I do? i don't want to get over her, I spent 9 moths of my life(which is alot to me) hung over on her and i refuse to let it end like this. do you think it would be wise if i asked her for a chance and asked to go on a date with me? or should i just get over her?