Posted on 10/11/2007 2:28:52 PM PDT by camerakid400
Former Muslim sues Egypt for right to become Christian.
by Peter Lamprecht
Conservative Islamic lawyers came out in support of the Egyptian government last week at the opening court hearing of a Muslim convert to Christianity.
In a move that has caused national uproar, former Muslim Mohammed Ahmed Hegazy is suing Egypt to change the religion listed on his identification papers to Christianity.
Islamist lawyers associated with radical cleric Youssef al-Badry attended the October 2 hearing in Cairo and legally joined the case on the government’s side, Hegazy told Compass.
Hegazy’s lawyers confirmed that Magdy al-Anany and at least three other fundamentalist Muslim attorneys filed to support the government.
Al-Badry was one of several clerics who called for Hegazy’s death in Egypt ’s national media, following the announcement of the case in early August. The radical Islamist also filed charges of inciting sectarian strife against Hegazy’s original lawyer, Mamdouh Nakhla.
Under public criticism and death threats, Nakhla withdrew from Hegazy’s case days after it became public. Fanatics began harassing Hegazy and his pregnant wife, also a former Muslim, with angry telephone calls, forcing the couple into hiding.
“It’s quite sensitive,” Hegazy’s new lawyer, Rawda Ahmad, told Compass through a translator. “It would be the first time that someone who converted to Chris tianity would be able to change his ID card.”
Though Egyptian law does not forbid conversion from Islam to Christianity, it provides no legal means to make the change. Converts to Christianity usually hide their identity to avoid torture and forced recantation at the hands of family members and security police.
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I would not volunteer to start this fellow’s car each morning.
What time is the stoning scheduled?
What time is the stoning scheduled?
As Ann would say, he just wants to be perfected but Islam objects.
Egypt has a substantial Christian minority (10%). I don’t know how they line up politically, but I doubt it is with the Islamists. This could be interesting.
” called for Hegazy’s death”
Wrong place, wrong time bud! Goodluck stayin’alive. I’ll say a prayer for you.
Notice that every instance of the name of Christ is split up eg “Chris tianity” is this so it wont set off word searches?
Takes a brave person to do that. At least Egypt won’t behead you if you become a Christian, but still it takes some guts to stand up in the Islamic world and say you’re leaving their religion—hence the death threats. This could be interesting. I hope he gets through this alive.
All he has to do is what Ramzi Yousef did. Make terrorist threats on the US, get arrested, go to Guantanamo, convert. Let the Egyptians file protests against him and Yousef... Hah hah...
MASTERMIND OF FIRST TWIN TOWERS ATTACK CLAIMS HE HAS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909824/posts
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Posted on 10/11/2007 10:42:34 AM PDT by Squidpup
Don’t US taxpayers pay Egypt $2 billion a year in foreign aid?
So we subsidize religious persecution. Yuck.
Where is the UN on this issue, stomping up and down defending this guys freedom to choose to believe whatever he wants?
The UN is so full of Muhammadans they would never dare stand up for the human rights of ANYONE in the ME to return to their original beliefs before the Muhammadan invasions of the ME and forced conversion to Islam.
This should be a warning sign to all nations that the UN has become dangerously corrupt, and they should withdraw membership and dismantle the organization.
Oh it will be interesting alright. The Muzzies will go balistic as usual, and Christians will be slaughtered on sight. Why do you think that only 10% of Egypt is Christian? It's because everytime the Muzzies go on a murdering frenzy, the number goes down about 5%, more Christian churches are burned to the ground, and the others that still exist, delapitated as they are because repairs are not allowed, are defaced and vandalized further.
Are you acquainted with the idea of the "Persian flaw"? When Persian rug-makers would make a tapestry, they would intentionally put in a flaw. Only Allah can create perfection, and for them to try to create something that was perfect was considered and insult to Allah. Maybe that's their rationale against Christians.
Looks like camerakid400 did some editing ... ;-)
“Don’t US taxpayers pay Egypt $2 billion a year in foreign aid?”
Best bargain we have.
Makes you all warm and fuzzy about islam and sharia law doesn’t it?
well, I would think the situation is something like it is in Syria, where Asaad needs the Christians for political purposes, and gives them some protection, though they remain 2nd class citizens. I don’t know the Egyptian situation. I do know that more and more are converting in the ME and Africa. Thanks be to God.
Best bargain we have.
What do we get in return?
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