09 August 2007
Egyptian authorities have detained two Coptic Christian activists suspected of posting anti-Islamic messages on a Christian website
Lawyers for Adel Fawzi and Peter Ezzat say security officers arrested the two at their homes in Cairo on Wednesday. Police sources confirmed the arrests. Fawzi and Ezzat are senior members of
the Cairo branch of the Canada-based Middle East Christian Association. It was not immediately known which web postings led to their arrests.
No charges have been filed yet, Nakhleh told The Associated Press, adding that the two were arrested for "posting stuff without permission." The authorities allege that they were promoting "deviated Quranic verses and criticism of Islam," he said.
What are "deviated koranic verses"? The hundreds of sword verses that make up the majority of the koran? Those written by mohamed in Mecca and that abrogated the previous more peacefull verses of Medina?
"I will try to hasten their case before the prosecutor ... so they two will not be subjected to any sort of torture or be forced to give any statement that could be harmful in their case," Nakhleh said.
Coptic Christians represent about 10 percent of Egypt's 76 million population and generally live in peace with the Sunni Muslim majority, though occasional sectarian clashes occur.
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