The author says that al-Maydān, an independent newspaper, is refuting allegations propagated by a Coptic web site, Coptichistory.org, owned by ‘Izzat Andarāwus, about the abduction of Coptic girls to force them to convert to Islam. The paper says that it interviewed a girl, Wafā’ Rā’fat ‘Adlī, who came to the newspaper headquarters and denied "as lies"‌ reports by this web site. She said that she has never been abducted and that she converted to Islam out of her own free will.