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发帖数: 29846 | 1 The 15-year prison sentence given to a woman and her seven children by an
Egyptian court for converting to Christianity is a sign of things to come,
according to alarmed human rights advocates who say the nation's Islamist
government is bad news for Christians in the North African country.
A criminal court in the central Egyptian city of Beni Suef meted out the
shocking sentence last week, according to the Arabic-language Egyptian paper
Al-Masry Al-Youm. Nadia Mohamed Ali, who was raised a Christian, converted
to Islam when she married Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab Mustafa, a Muslim, 23 years
ago. He later died, and his widow planned to convert her family back to
Christianity in order to obtain an inheritance from her family. She sought
the help of others in the registration office to process new identity cards
between 2004 and 2006. When the conversion came to light under the new
regime, Nadia, her children and even the clerks who processed the identity
cards were all sentenced to prison.
Samuel Tadros, a research fellow at Hudson Institute's Center for Religious
Freedom, said conversions like Nadia's have been common in the past, but
said Egypt's new Sharia-based constitution "is a real disaster in terms of
religion freedom.”
"Now that Sharia law has become an integral part of Egypt's new
constitution, Christians in that country are at greater risk than ever."
- Jordan Sekulow, executive director of the American Center for Law and
Justice
"The cases will increase in the future," Tadros said. "It will be much
harder for people to return to Christianity."
President Mohamed Morsi, who was elected last June and succeeded the secular
reign of Hosni Mubarak, who is now in prison, pushed the new constitution
through last year.
Tadros said the constitution limits the practice of Christianity because “
religious freedom has to be understood within the boundaries of Sharia.” He
added that the constitution prescribes that the highest Sunni authority
should be referred to as an interpreter of the religion clause contained in
the constitution.
Opponents of the constitution, including Coptic Christians and secular and
liberal groups, protested at the time against passage of the document
because of the mix of Islamic-based Sharia law and politics. Roughly 10
percent of Egyptians are Coptic Christians.
A government spokeswoman told FoxNews.com she would determine “who is
responsible for this and covers this issue in Beni Suef,“ a city of 200,000
located about 75 miles south of Cairo. She did not offer further comment.
The case is the latest example of the increasingly dire plight of the nation
's roughly 7 million Christians, say human rights advocates.
"Now that Sharia law has become an integral part of Egypt's new constitution
, Christians in that country are at greater risk than ever," said Jordan
Sekulow, executive director of the American Center for Law and Justice. "
This is another tragic case that underscores the growing problem of
religious intolerance in the Muslim world. To impose a prison sentence for a
family because of their Christian faith sadly reveals the true agenda of
this new government: Egypt has no respect for international law or religious
liberty.”
Morsi has been under fire for failing to take action against rising violence
inflicted on Egypt’s Christians. In August, the roughly 100-family
Christian community in Dahshour was forced to flee after Muslim neighbors
launched attacks against the Christians’ homes and property. Morsi said the
expulsion and violence was “ blown out of proportion.” Radical Salafi
preachers -- who have formed alliances with Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood
-- called for Muslims to shun Christians during Christmas.
Sekulow urged U.S. diplomatic intervention in Egypt to promote religious
freedom. Morsi is scheduled to meet with President Obama, possibly in March.
”The U.S. State Department must play more of a role in discouraging this
kind of persecution," Sekulow said. "The U.S. should not be an idle
bystander. The U.S. provides more than $1 billion to Egypt each year. The
State Department should speak out forcefully against this kind of religious
persecution in Egypt.”
Benjamin Weinthal is a journalist who reports on Christians in the Middle
East and is a fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Follow
Benjamin on Twitter: @BenWeinthal. | h**********e
发帖数: 2973 | 2 我一直不明白，为什么奥巴马支持埃及伊斯兰化。
在穆巴拉克领导下，埃及是中东的确少有的几个世俗国家之一，也一直是美国的盟友。
当时在穆兄会鼓动埃及人推翻穆巴拉克时，别人不明白是怎么回事，难道奥巴马还不明
白？他和美国国务院最终选择支持穆兄会，最终导致了穆巴拉克的下台，和埃及变为伊
斯兰国家。
paper
converted
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: The 15-year prison sentence given to a woman and her seven children by an
: Egyptian court for converting to Christianity is a sign of things to come,
: according to alarmed human rights advocates who say the nation's Islamist
: government is bad news for Christians in the North African country.
: A criminal court in the central Egyptian city of Beni Suef meted out the
: shocking sentence last week, according to the Arabic-language Egyptian paper
: Al-Masry Al-Youm. Nadia Mohamed Ali, who was raised a Christian, converted
: to Islam when she married Mohamed Abdel-Wahhab Mustafa, a Muslim, 23 years
: ago. He later died, and his widow planned to convert her family back to
: Christianity in order to obtain an inheritance from her family. She sought
| l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 3 因为疤蟆就是个穆斯林.
【在 h**********e 的大作中提到】
: 我一直不明白，为什么奥巴马支持埃及伊斯兰化。
: 在穆巴拉克领导下，埃及是中东的确少有的几个世俗国家之一，也一直是美国的盟友。
: 当时在穆兄会鼓动埃及人推翻穆巴拉克时，别人不明白是怎么回事，难道奥巴马还不明
: 白？他和美国国务院最终选择支持穆兄会，最终导致了穆巴拉克的下台，和埃及变为伊
: 斯兰国家。
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: paper
: converted
| h**********e
发帖数: 2973 | 4 现在看来还真的有可能是这个情况。
【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: 因为疤蟆就是个穆斯林.
| z*******8
发帖数: 1054 | 5 扒马就是沙特培养的卧底。
【在 h**********e 的大作中提到】
: 现在看来还真的有可能是这个情况。
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发帖数: 12623 | 6 obama is a Muslim junkie |
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