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| Africa: North |
| Egyptian Copts Protest Against Moslem Abductions of Copt Girls |
| 2004-03-28 |
| U.S. Copts Association received numerous disturbing reports of the cooperation of various Egyptian supermarkets in the systematic forced conversion and abduction of Coptic girls. Reports reveal that Christian Coptic girls who resist conversion have been physically abused and raped at the time of their abduction. These deeply troubling reports indicate that supermarkets publicizing shopping contests are in fact singling out Coptic girls for conversion to Islam. Once alerted to the girlâs religion, store employees notify the young Christian woman that she has won a contest. To claim her prize, she is asked to proceed to the upper levels of the store where her reward awaits. Once upstairs, the girl is asked to sign documentation confirming receipt of her reward. However, the paperwork is documentation for the conversion of an individual to Islam; and the young girl is unaware that her signature is in fact official confirmation of her conversion to Islam. Coptic women who resist are accused with theft and strip-searched. There are several reports of the rape of these young Christian women. Despite their familiesâ desperate attempts to rescue their daughters, the girls are not returned to their families. Police intervention has been minimal. In fact, in a recent statement, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III drew attention to the gravity of the situation. âI urge that police officials take a decisive position because I am getting countless letters in regards to this issue,â stated the Pope, spiritual leader of the approximately 11 million Copts of Egypt. In his March 16th, statement, the Pope pointed out the danger posed by these repugnant events and indicated a determination to bring this barbaric practice to a halt. âWe donât want any more catastrophes to happen to us, what has happened in the past is enough,â the Pope continued. In his speech, the Pope also alluded to the recent arrest of the young Coptic Christian college students in Sinai. The four students, ages 19-20, had in their possession a number of Bibles and Christian material. They were arrested on January 26th for âdisturbing the national unityâ and have just received another 49-day extension to their imprisonment with no court date in sight. These disturbing conditions in Egypt reveal a growing culture of intolerance in the midst of the governmentâs lofty rhetoric of socio-political reform. President of the U.S. Copts Association, Michael Meunier has repeatedly condemned the inaction of the Egyptian police in matters pertaining to violence against the Coptic community. âThe absence of governmental intervention in the rape, abduction, and forced conversion of these girls is completely unacceptable,â stated Meunier. âWhat is equally alarming is the systematic nature of these assaults â the widespread cooperation of the various supermarkets reveals a methodical and organized effort aimed at the Coptic community,â he continued. Coptic girls, the most vulnerable targets of Islamist violence, have been victims of other various forms of violence and forced conversion. |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #14 Mr. Yee has it. They can do whatever twisted, sniffing the baggy of glue, and molesting Mr. Ed type of stuff they want. We don't have to fund their dementia. In reality we have a moral obligation not to financially sponsor oppression. That is, as Angie has pointed out, if the story is true. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-03-28 9:34:55 PM |
| #13 Time to apply the Golden rule metarule: do the Muslims Permit copts or Christians to deceive MUSLIM girls, make them sign fake documents, then strip search or rape the resisters? They'd think that was bad, so obviously they KNOW its bad if they themselves do it to others. Liberal moral power is derived from their victim's adherance to the Golden Rule and other aspects of Christian morality. Absent that, the liberals find themselves helpless and unable to influence those who do not adhere to that morality. Liberals are stupider than parisitic worms that seem to have enough sense not to totally destroy the host they feed off of... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-03-28 8:51:53 PM |
| #12 Dang! Carl I had forgotten about that. Does NH have a 12th Grade Irony Test? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-03-28 7:30:07 PM |
| #11 "I for one don't like to be called "you people", I think it's rude" Ship, shades of Ross Perot in the 92 campaign, perhaps ? |
| Posted by: Carl in NH 2004-03-28 6:42:15 PM |
| #10 You can't play that"It's a different society"game here.Take it somewhere else,dumb-ass.Wrong is wrong I don't care where your from. By your stupid ass reasoning: Cutting off the arms of Christians and Animists in the Sudan is just peachy-dandee.Not to mention enslaveing and rapeing the Christian/Animist children is ok to.After all they do live in "different society". What about those Islamist youth gangs running around rapeing kafir women in France, England, Canada.If we listen to your ignorant,apolligist ass then we shold do no more than give them a good talking to.After all they were raised in a "different society". What a Dumb F#%&k! If that be the case then I appologise,Frank.If not my statement stands. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-03-28 5:07:40 PM |
| #9 I for one don't like to be called "you people", I think it's rude. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-03-28 4:53:05 PM |
| #8 My BS detector is redlining. This sounds very much like the urban legend legend where kid-stealing fiends are frequenting Wal-Mart / Target / Disneyland and they are only foiled when the parent spots the child's shoes. And conspiracy theories take hold faster and deeper in that part of the world than they do here. Once alerted to the girlâs religion... Is this that obvious in Egypt? Or is that any girl shopping on her own can't be Muslim? Are Coptic girls generally unable to read the fake prize papers? Why girls and not boys? Is Blue Star acid next? |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-03-28 4:47:18 PM |
| #7 I think AntiGum's tongue was firmly in cheek - reread it with (/sarcasm) on. Nutritional value of clay? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-03-28 1:18:09 PM |
| #6 I am ashamed to be seen with you "people". You are free to leave at any time. No one is restraining you. There is no demand that you be here. Being a "different society" does not justify kidnap, rape, or slavery. It does not not justify forced conversion to a religion totally different to what these young girls have been raised to believe. It does not justify genital mutilation, or other harmful actions taken against them against their will. YOU are the one out of line, "AntiGum". You are a sick, twisted troll. You deserve what you will receive here. You have stepped into something far, far worse than the Twilight Zone. This is the TRUTH ZONE, and we spotlight cockroaches. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-03-28 12:20:10 PM |
| #5 I thought trolls took Sundays off? |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-03-28 12:16:17 PM |
| #4 You Freeper Bastards still don't get it. It's a different society. Stop trying to impose your post-enlightenment crapola on people who still understand the nutritional value of clay. I am ashamed to be seen with you "people". We will, just as soon as they stop boarding our airplanes and stop using guns and bombs to kill our people. |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-03-28 12:12:59 PM |
| #3 You Freeper Bastards still don't get it. It's a different society. Stop trying to impose your post-enlightenment crapola on people who still understand the nutritional value of clay. I am ashamed to be seen with you "people". |
| Posted by: AntiGum 2004-03-28 12:05:12 PM |
| #2 F*** f*** f*** ... as if we didn't need another casus belli besides the hypocrisy and counterproductivity of that $2B/year ... |
| Posted by: Edward Yee 2004-03-28 12:00:22 PM |
| #1 This is cultural/religious cleansing in its baldest form. If these muslims could rid their land of Copts, they would. Imagine how threatened these muslims are by the free flow of ideas. Is it any wonder that muslim nations are stuck down at the bottom with sub saharan africa? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-03-28 11:00:13 AM |