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Date of source: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Ramsīs al-Najār, a Coptic Orthodox Church lawyer, said that Kāmīliyā Shihātah is in at her Cairo house and she will appear before court.
He noted that within days she will appear on television.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Iqbāl Barakah wishes that each of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and Wafā' Constantine to appear on television and openly announce their religion without any concerns.
After that no one will dare to approach mosques or churches asking to release his 'sister Kāmīliyā', she commented.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Priest Aghabius of Egypt’s Mawās Monastery was questioned by the prosecution with regards to Kāmīliyā Shihātah, who was allegedly detained by the Coptic Church.
The prosecution emphasized that it would neither make any accusations against the Church nor inverstigate Shihātah’s alleged conversion to...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Cairo's prosecution starts investigating the Kāmīiya Shihātah case after referring it to the Western Cairo Prosecution in light of the various reports about her disappearance [Read original text in Arabic].
In Ākhir Sā'ah magazine, page 12 and 13, May 4, 2011, Nabīl Lūqā Bibāwī said that neither...
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
On Saturday, April 30, 2011, Egypt's public prosecution demanded the Coptic Church to let Kāmīliyā Shihātah appear for testimony in a case on her alleged conversion to Islam.
Judicial sources have said that after her reported conversion, Shihātah has been detained by the Church against her will....
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
Two protests by salafists and Copts in front of the defense ministry headquarters demanding the release of prisoners and reopening churches, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, page 3 of May 1, 2011 reported.
On April 30, 2011, the public prosecution informed the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Mark in al-'...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
Around 30,000 salafists gathered in front the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, calling for freeing of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and any other Copts who, according to them, have converted to Islam and were locked inside the monastery.
The military police surrounded the Coptic cathedral to prevent any possible...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
Salafists protested in front of the Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in al-'Abāsīyah demanding the release of Kāmīliyā Shihātah after the Friday prayers on April 29, 2011.
The army had interfered to end the protest and promised that Kāmīliyā will appear within 15 days.
Meanwhile, the public...
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2011
On 1 May protesters suspended their sit-in outside St. Mark's Cathedral in Cairo for 15 days. After the Friday Prayer, Cairo witnessed three separate protests staged by Salafists, calling for the release of Coptic women who converted to Islam, but were supposedly held against their will be the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2011
The article talks about the refusal of the church to receive the subpoena sent by the prosecution in the Kāmīliyā Shihātah case, and wonders since Virgin Mary appeared in churches then why can't Kāmīliyā appear in front of the prosecution to say whether she is Christian or Muslim.
On the other hand...
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