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AINA: Village Council Upholds Expulsion of Christian Family in Egypt

By C. J. Refsland on October 6, 2013 • ( 0 )

My Comment: This is 3 things. Persecution of women & Persecution of Christians in the Middle east, and sharia law in action. How many in this country could survive this type of law, yet the west is silent while these practices continue. The women’s groups lobbying for Abortion should be lobbying for this instead, the politicians that are screaming for women’s rights in the form of abortion should be screaming for the persecuted.

(AINA) — The family of a 22-year-old Coptic man, Kirollos Sabet, from Zakaria village, Minia province, said today their son is innocent of all accusations of having had an illicit affair with a Muslim woman. They also rejected the ruling to expel six family members from the village.

“We will leave only over our dead bodies,” said Mr. Sabet, Kirollos’s father.

According to the father, the parents of the Muslim woman in question had nothing to do with the Muslim attacks nor did they report any incident to the police, and affirmed that Kirollos had no relationship with their daughter. “They actually had their daughter undergo a gynecological exam, Said Mr. Sabet, “which proved the woman is ‘untouched’ [a virgin].”

The father said that Kirollos, who was arrested and imprisoned, was innocent of all allegations and “the whole story was fabricated by Muslim hard-liners from neighboring village to cause sectarian strife. It started when Kirillos was walking on the country lane, coincidently behind that Muslim woman, and he was followed by over ten young Muslim men who took him to an unknown location, beat him and warned him against having relationships with Muslim females. We kept quiet and did not want to make an issue out of it or report it to the police.”

Violence in Zakaria village erupted when a rumor circulated in the village of an illicit relationship between Kirollos and a 22-year-old Muslim woman, when a mob of Muslims called for revenge, demonstrated against Copts and started attacking Coptic homes and businesses (AINA 9-29-2013).

Under the supervision of Major General Osama Metwally, director of Minya security, a customary “reconciliation” meeting was held on September 29. The meeting decided that Kirollos was to pay the amount of 300,000 Egyptian pounds and the Muslim woman 150,000 pounds, because she allegedly willingly met the man. But because the woman is poor and cannot pay the amount, it was decided to add her fine to the fine of Kirollos. When Kirollos and his family protested this decision the arbitrators decided to expel him and his five brothers from the village.

Mr. Sabet said that security had arrested five of Kirollos’s young cousins without any reason and without charges. He said the family will not sit or talk with anyone before they are released.

AINA: Village Council Upholds Expulsion of Christian Family in Egypt