Egyptian Government Targets Christian As Threat to National Security: Former Muslim Preacher's Conversion Leads to Imprisonment
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WASHINGTON, June 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- This week in Cairo, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice criticized Egypt's use of emergency decrees. Christian Solidarity International (CSI) is protesting the arrest and continued imprisonment of Bahaa-Eldin El- Akkhad, a former Islamic preacher from Al Talebiya, Giza, in Lower Egypt.
El-Akkad, 46, was arrested on April 6, 2005 under Egypt's Emergency Security Law for endangering national unity by converting to Christianity. Egyptian State Security Prosecutor Tarek Abdelshakour focused his interrogation of El-Akkad on allegations that he had "defamed Islam."See the full content of this document
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Egyptian Government Targets Christian As Threat to National Security: Former Muslim Preacher's Conversion Leads to Imprisonment
After 45 days of incarceration, El-Akkad was transferred to Mazra'at Tor...
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