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| 00:00 | Maher El Gohary and his fourteen year-old daughter today in front of the state court building in Cairo | |
| 00:09 | They want to gain the right to leave Egypt. | |
| 00:11 | They say the police, as harassment, have refused them permission. | |
| 00:15 | “Since we converted to Christianity, our future is ruined. | |
| 00:21 | We are discriminated against. I do not believe that we will receive justice.” | |
| 00:24 | Although they converted to Christianity years ago, they are still officially Muslims, | |
| 00:31 | because the authorities refuse to enter the change of religion in their identification papers, | |
| 00:38 | although that would be permissible according to the constitution. | |
| 00:40 | The Goharys live clandestinely in Cairo. Maher’s daughter was forced | |
| 00:46 | to attend Islamic instruction and because she is officially a Muslim, | |
| 00:49 | she can never marry a Christian. | |
| 00:52 | Moreover, they fear for their lives. “We will run, under threat. | |
| 01:00 | Radical sheikhs have called for our blood to be shed. | |
| 01:03 | We are afraid of the uneducated people on the street.” | |
| 01:07 | In fact, apostasy in the eyes of many fanatics, is a crime worthy of death. | |
| 01:15 | Condemnation by the sheikhs can be interpreted as a death order. | |
| 01:20 | One of their spokesmen, Jussuf Al-Badri, whose fatwas… | |
| 01:24 | — religious opinions — are especially feared by converts. | |
| 01:28 | “God has commanded us to kill those who leave Islam.” | |
| 01:34 | According to Badri, conversion to Christianity is a fatal sin. | |
| 01:40 | Bishoy Boulos, too, has converted to Christianity. | |
| 01:44 | According to his Pass, he is still a Muslim | |
| 01:47 | Bishoy blames the sheikhs, but also the government. | |
| 01:50 | “The sheikhs have called for me to be killed, … | |
| 01:53 | … my house has been set on fire, I have been shot at, | |
| 01:57 | If they kill us, the government will not punish the murderers.” | |
| 02:01 | According to information from the Coptic Church, | |
| 02:04 | hundreds want to convert from Islam to Christianity, | |
| 02:08 | but the government refused recognition and is fomenting a climate of fear. | |
| 02:13 | “The interior minister himself wrote in a letter that was published in a newspaper: | |
| 02:19 | Converts are to be killed.” | |
| 02:22 | However, anyone who wishes to moves from Christianity to Islam is very welcome. | |
| 02:25 | Recognition and entry in the Pass (of the new status) are immediate. |
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