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 Re: الكنيسة المصرية تعترف بأزمة التحوّل الجماعي للمسيحيين إلى الإسلام (تسجيل صوتي) (Re: Frankly)
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Egyptians who convert to Christianity may incur wrath of secret police
But there's another possible reason.
Fear.
Muslims who change their religion risk harassment, arrest and torture by the secret police.
Although some point to the existence of an openly evangelical church such as Kasr el-Dobara as evidence of Egypt's tolerance, the U.S. State Department and rights organizations such as Amnesty International cite instances of arrest and torture of converts in Egypt. In addition, they allege that Christians are underrepresented in Egypt's government, discriminated against in education and business, and increasingly targeted by terrorists.
"Whoever is baptized will be persecuted," says the Rev. Menes Abdul Noor, who ######### Kasr el-Dobara and was host to Palau's visit.
Diminutive and gray-haired, Noor sits behind his office desk, next to a computer displaying Windows 95 in Arabic. Western books, such as "Answering Islam" and Charles Colson's "The Body" line a bookcase. One wall displays a map of Cairo, the other a picture portraying Christ on the edge of a cliff, reaching into a crevice to rescue a lamb. Noor wears a blue tie that proclaims "Jesus is Lord."
Noor says converts he has baptized face rejection by family and friends. He asserts that as many as 10 converts a year have been arrested. Some, he says, have been tortured.
The U.S. State Department says there have been "credible reports" of at least two converts being physically abused by state security officers; Muslims suspected of terrorism are also often jailed and tortured without being charged, the State Department says.
Egyptian authorities interrogate him almost monthly, Noor says. They focus on issues discussed in the church. He suspects his office and telephone are bugged. "When I want them to know something, I tell another bugged person," he says.
Noor says that neither he nor his church shrinks from such scrutiny. In fact, they seem to go out of their way to court it.
"If you say we're so nice, so friendly, that's a big lie. I'm under orders," Noor says.
"Am I in danger? Of course. So was the Apostle Paul. So was James, the second martyr. So was Stephen, the first martyr. These are the facts of life."
Source
http://www.oregonlive.com/special/christiansundersiege/...istians_story6.frame
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