From AP,
The wives of two Egyptian Coptic priests, forbidden by the Church from divorcing their abusive husbands, desperately sought another way out by converting to Islam. When their intentions were discovered, police handed them over to the Church and their whereabouts since have been unknown.
The cases caused a furor at home that spilled over the borders and turned deadly when al-Qaida in Iraq cited the women as the reason behind the bloodiest attack ever on Christians in Iraq — a five-hour siege of a church in October that left 68 people dead.
Both Wafaa Constantine, 53, and Camilla Shehata, 25, lived in remote rural towns and enjoyed prestige as devoted and pious wives of conservative Coptic priests [but were being abused].
Though Egyptian religious authorities say the women never succeeded in converting, the controversy in both cases escalated with angry protests by Egyptian Christians, who accused Muslims of abducting the women and forcing them to convert.
Egypt's Salafi movement — extreme conservative Muslims — have long accused the Coptic Church here of conspiring to "Christianize" Egypt. Though Salafis in Egypt reject violence, their doctrine is only a few shades away from that of groups such as al-Qaida. Both adhere to a strict interpretation of Islam that supposedly is a purer form of Islam said to have been practiced by Islam's Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century.
The Salafis have set up dozens of websites and Facebook groups to spread the word about the two women.
Police said they handed Constantine [who briefly disappeared in December 2004] over to the Church after she came to police for help [after someone used her deteriorating relationship with her husband to try to convert her to Islam].
Her husband [a diabetic who lost a leg to it] later died in 2006.
Egyptian news reports said she [Shehata] too left her home [and husband Father Tadous Samaan] and disappeared for a few days.
Under heavy pressure from Islamists who accused the Church of holding her against her will, Shehata appeared in September in a videotape posted on an Egyptian news website, al-Youm al-Saba or the Seventh Day, insisting she had never converted to Islam.
"I am Christian and I will die as Christian," the young woman standing in front of a picture of Jesus said in the video. But many Muslims doubted its authenticity.
Source: AP
Comments: Typical Muslim double standards and failure to even grasp basic concepts of fairness, due to their supremacist beliefs that deny equality to non-Muslims.
It is sad to hear that Wafaa and Camilla were allegedly mistreated by their husbands. This is something that is forbidden in Christianity, unlike in Islam where wife beating and spousal rape (some in US, UK and Afghanistan say husbands can have sex with their wives without their consent) is allowed.
And as usual, some Muslims try to take advantage of it and try to convert these women, while in their religion apostasy is considered a capital offense.
Christians are free to chose their religion and there are many in the West who (unwittingly) convert to Islam (with some becoming terrorists).
But Muslims will kill those leaving Islam while trying unfairly to convert others, like these vulnerable women here.
This is totally illogical. It's like a child that thinks only of itself and can't think of others.
The reason why these Muslims don't treat others as equal is because of Islamic supremacist beliefs that treats non-Muslims as inferior. They always complain about minor issues and ignore far worse things being done by Muslims.
Some previous similar or related stories:
Christian convert from Islam, Nurta Mohamed Farah, 17, killed in Somalia. Her parents treated conversion as mental illness & tortured her [Death for apostasy in Islam]
“Barbaric” Baghdad church attackers now to target all Christians with “sword of slaughter”, call Copts “dog”, Catholics “idolaters” and insult Pope [Islamic State of Iraq or ISI killing and threatening Iraqi Christians over Wafaa Constantine & Camilla Shehata]
Conspiracy theories and blame games: South Sinai governor, Mohamed Abdul Fadil Shousha says Mossad could be behind Sharm el-Sheikh shark attacks [Conspiracy theories are widely believed by Muslims suffering from delusion of persecution so they would easily believe the story that the Wafaa Constantine & Camilla Shehata are being held hostage.]
Musa Sayed, 45, and Ahmad Shah, 50, awaiting trial and facing death penalty in Afghanistan for conversion to Christianity from Islam [Death for apostasy in Islam]
Ex-Muslim Atheist Palestinian, Walid Husayin, facing life sentence for “insulting” Islam as some call for his death for apostasy [Death for apostasy in Islam]
WikiLeaked US embassy UK cable: Muslims most unemployed and disabled, some supports killing for Islam, and apostates (6 percent) [Death for apostasy in Islam, in the UK!]
UAE supreme court rules Sharia allows wife and child beating if no marks left [Wife beating allowed in Islam]
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