Still, I wonder how much Egypt really contains radical Islam in the long run:
State security police soon arrested the young man and tortured him for three days. Despite using a Coptic Orthodox priest to convince Hegazy to recant, the young convert said that police were unable to persuade him to revert to Islam. He eventually returned home, his father under the illusion that he was once again Muslim.
Hegazy said he continued to be active in his faith, writing and publishing some of his own poetry. Police again arrested the convert in 2002 and held him for 10 weeks at a “concentration camp,” where he said he met other converts.
Radical islam - just mainstream Islam returning to its former glory?
“mainstream “
But we pay the government enough to keep them in check for now. That may change, but for now we need a relatively stable country bordering the Suez.