03 February 2009
Two Coptic Christians Arrested in the Cairo International Book Fair
By - Nader Shoukry - Copts-United
Naguib Gabriel, head of the Egyptian Federation for Human Rights asked the state security for rapid release of the young Christian: Mina Adel Shawki and Essam Kedees Massif who
was detained when they were in Cairo International Book Fair yesterday on charges of distributing Bibles sacred.
Mr. Naguib Noted that the State Security had arrested both on charges of distributing Bibles and were considered to be the charge of preaching and Gabriel contacted the state security and asked them to release of the arrested young Christian for fear of escalating the matter to the sectarian events .
Gabriel has condemned what it is called the charge of preaching because there is no provision in the law that is punishable of any.
Mr. Naguib indicated that the arresting of these two young men means there is no equality and he was wondering if it could happen if these two young men were Muslims and then distributed copies of the Koran in particular wards and that there is fair distribution of the entire Islamic religious books and copies of the Koran, and Gabriel said that in the absence of the release of these two young men he will protest to embarrass the officials of inequality among citizens
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