"I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN"
--Thomas Jefferson
Acid in the face of a girl... tyranny over the mind of man... same ol' same ol'.
Posted on 04/18/2010 12:54:47 AM PDT by Cindy
Note: Photos included.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Muslim Egyptian Girl Who Converted to Christianity Subjected to Acid Attack
By Dan Wooding Founder of ASSIST Ministries
ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT (ANS) -- The Assyrian International News Agency (www.aina.org), is reporting the shocking news that Dina el-Gowhary, a 15-year-old Egyptian Muslim-born girl who converted to Christianity, has been subjected to an acid attack, the latest in a string of failed attempts by Muslim fanatics against her and her father, 57-year-old Peter Athanasius (Maher el-Gowhary), who converted to Christianity 35 years ago.
In a story written by Mary Abdelmassih for AINA, several Fatwa's were issued calling for the “spilling of his blood,” which makes their lives in constant danger in the face of the reactionaries and advocates for the enforcement of Islamic apostasy laws, which call for the death of a convert.
According to Abdelmassih, Dina said that three weeks ago, as she ventured out from their hiding place in Alexandria with her father to get some bottled water, her jacket was set on fire due to acid being thrown at her.
“My father quickly took my jacket off before the fire reached my arms,” she said. “Ever since then I am terrorized to go out in the street, with or without my father.”
Through an aired interview with Free Copts advocacy, Abdelmassih said that Dina had addressed an open letter to President Mubarak of Egypt begging him to “save her and her father” and also be allowed to “leave Egypt”.
Dina said that she had written previously to U.S. President Barrack Obama, who “got her message and responded to it”.
It was reported that the el-Gowhary’s met with the US Committee on International Religious Freedom on their last visit to Egypt in January 2010, and that they asked for asylum in the United States.
Dina said that she wonders whether she will get the same attention from President Mubarak as she did from President Obama.
“Will he listen and lend us a helping hand, if, as they claim, he truly does not differentiate between Muslim and Christian citizens?” she pondered.
Dina asked the Egyptian President, who newly became grandfather to a baby girl, “Do you accept that your granddaughter would live under the same conditions like mine? I have no home, I am always afraid when I go to church or even go out in the street, I have no friends and no education.”
Abdelmassih said that in her letter to President Mubarak, Dina expressed her “deep distress at the mistreatment and continuous troubles she finds everywhere she goes, including being beaten and humiliated.”
She tells of how “because of her love for Jesus” she left her Muslim mother and went to live with her Christian father, abandoning school where she was persecuted by teachers and students.
“I was threatened many times before. Once coming back from school, a bearded young man stepped out of a car, lifted me through my clothes from the ground and warned me that if my father and myself do not go back to Islam, both of us will be killed.”
Dina, now living with her father for the last two years, has to move with him “from one place to another in search of personal safety for both, in the face of the many threats that they experienced since her father declared his conversion to Christianity and his desire to his change religious designation in official documents.”
Abdelmassih went on to say that in June 2009, a Court refused his request to order the Civil Registry to alter his religious designation on his ID to reflect his Christian religion and his Christian name, Peter Athanasius. The Court ruling said that the religious conversion of a Muslim is against Islamic Sharia law and poses a threat to the “Public Order” in Egypt. He appealed the Court ruling.
In the Free Copts interview, Dina said that she hopes that President Mubarak will help them to leave Egypt in order for them to live normally and for her to continue her education.
The el-Gowhary family was barred from leaving Egypt on September 17, 2009 “without any legal reason” said the writer. “They were told, however, that the order came from a higher authority. To this today, says Maher, he does not know why he is barred from travel and which authority exactly is barring him.”
He explained, in a interview with Free Copts this week, the extremely difficult circumstances they are living under, being hunted the whole time and with many attempts on their lives. “It is only due to the Grace and Protection of God, that we are still alive until today,” he adds.
“Why did they confiscate our passports? What have we done wrong?” said Dina. “The only thing we did is that we loved Jesus with all their hearts and converted to Christianity.” The teenage girl stressed that whatever the government does or will to them to force them to abandon Christianity is in vain.
“We will never leave Christianity and we will never ever revert back to Islam. Jesus is simply etched in our hearts,” she said.
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“We will never leave Christianity and we will never ever revert back to Islam. Jesus is simply etched in our hearts,” she said.
Amen.
and Amen.
"Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 5:10-12)
Why do they do acid, the face?
Beatings, death, is one thing, but acid and the face? They attack women in the worst possible way.
Islam, acid, the female face. Acid is unacceptable at any level, even in warfare.
Why doesn’t the entire world unite against acid, where is the media?
Our leaders tell us Islam is a religion of peace. They lie! Islam is a religion straight from Hell, and you can quote me. The Bible even warns about people who claim to serve God but do evil in his name. Muslims are EXACTLY the kind of folks the Bible warns us against.
Would I treat a Muslim poorly because of their religion? Of course not. But our leaders better wake up, because Islam is incompatible with western civilization. The ONLY thing that prevents these jerks from maiming 15-year-old American girls is the fact that Muslims don’t yet have enough political power here, and we better make certain they never do!
Leftists, I blame you in particular, because you side with this radical, Hell-bent religion against your own country. Do you folks really hate Christianity THAT much that you’d back Islam, a religion that really would enslave you? You’re more worried about losing access to porn than Muslims who would nuke America in a heartbeat.
Acid to deform a lovely young lady’s face is probably the most vile punishment they can think of (short of death). This sort of stuff happens all the time, but you’ll NEVER hear our politicians talk about it.
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Why these people treat women this way is beyond backward.
It’s the “religion of peace”, remember?
"I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN"
--Thomas Jefferson
“Why these people treat women this way is beyond backward.”
Because they’re cruel and barbaric. Islam doesn’t accept that humans have free will, everyone must submit to the will of Allah.
Oh, and those tyrannical dictators and monarchs at the head of Muslim governments? They’re the will of Allah, too.
I can hear obama cheering now that these people are being subjected to “sharia law” and terrorized for their desire to rid themselves of the death cult obamination so loves.
Absolutely sick what Muslims do to those who convert to Christianity....and totally sick that the media tries to cover it up....even MSFoxNews is pandering to Islamic Extremism
Relativism.
” our leaders better wake up, because Islam is incompatible with western civilization. The ONLY thing that prevents these jerks from maiming 15-year-old American girls is the fact that Muslims don’t yet have enough political power here, and we better make certain they never do!
Leftists, I blame you in particular, because you side with this radical, Hell-bent religion against your own country.”
Spot on! Most people don’t realize the seriousness of the Muslim threat. Several books on the subject are available, including “The Muslim Mafia”. I bid everyone read up on the subject.
Islam is the scourge of civilized man.
What legitimacy could a so-called “religion” have when the followers have to resort to threats and terrorism to prevent people from leaving it? Can Islam not stand up Christianity when the facts about both are compared side to side?
She didn't actually think that twink would help her did she?
Religion of Peace alert
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