The Salafī Front warned the Egyptian church against attempts to internationalize the issue Sarah Ishaq ‘Abd al-Malik, a Coptic girl the Front says has converted to Islam, refusing the description of the issue as “persecution of Copts”.

“The church is trying to use the issue as a trump card to get political gains, but if human rights organizations knew about the issue, they will stand by us because we’re on the right by virtue of the law,” said Khālif al-Misrī, a member of the Front’s politburo.