[Reviewer: The article does not include any comment from Christian clergy].
Sāmī Jād al-Haqq writes about the alleged disappearance of the 25-year-old Suhā Husayn Sādiq, wife of the theater actor Majdī ‘Abd al-Halīm, and her half-sister Marwah ‘Abd al-Badī‘ ‘Alī [Reviewer: there is no reference in the article to the disappearance of Marwah ‘Abd al-Badī‘ ‘Alī]. In a report to the police, mother of the two daughters, Sāmyah ‘Abd al-Wahhāb Ibrāhīm, claims that her daughter Sādiq was forced to convert to Christianity by a number of her Christian friends, among whom were Mahrā’īl Mikhā’īl, Makārī Hannā and Joseph Michael [Reviewer: No further information about them].
According to her mother, Sādiq has a history of abduction. "She once disappeared for 75 days and came back in a bad condition with a cross in her hand. She turned into a totally different person, someone who hated religion [Reviewer: most probably referring to Islam] and insulted God. I found two copies of the Bible and a number of Christian books in her possession and when I asked her about the reasons behind her sudden change, she said that she was under enormous pressure and that she cannot disobey the orders given to her," the mother said. [Reviewer: the mother gave no evidence for her claims. The above-mentioned disappearance of Sādiq does not necessarily indicate abduction].
The mother recounted a conversation with Sādiq in which she asked her daughter about what attracted her to Christianity. "Do you see God?" the daughter asked her mother. "No," the mother replied. "I see Jesus Christ and we talk to each other. I worship him because he suffered for us," the daughter said.
"A few days after she came back home Sādiq felt sick and I fetched a doctor who prescribed some pills and injection. I asked one of my neighbors to give her the injection and we were all surprised to find injection scars on her head…She told us that the church [Reviewer: most probably referring to the Coptic Orthodox church] gave her those injections," the mother added.
According to the mother, Sādiq refused to go to the Azhar to attend religious lessons [Reviewer: not clear what religious lessons the mother was referring to] but welcomed the idea of going to the Sayyidah Nafīsah Mosque, which she always liked. "The moment we entered the mosque Sādiq went into a hysterical screaming fit, insulting Islam and the Holy Qur’ān," the mother told Sawt al- Ummah. "Christianity is the best religion because it prohibits killing. I hate Muslims and Islam," the mother quoted her daughter as saying.
The mother also told Sawt al-Ummah about the recent change of attitude in her other daughter, Marwah ‘Abd al-Badī‘ ‘Alī, who, according to the mother, took off her niqāb [Reviewer: veil covering the whole of a woman’s face or all except the eyes], stopped praying and listening to the Qur’ān after she become an Internet chat addict. "After ‘Alī was divorced from her husband, police officer Harbī Muhammad ‘Abd al- Nabī, she moved to Sādiq’s house. With the help of Sādiq’s friends, Michael, Joseph and Mahrā’īl [Reviewer: names are not the same as above!], ‘Alī managed to influence Sādiq, who confessed to her mother that she had once stayed for sometime in a church in al- Bihīrah [Reviewer: no name mentioned].
The mother accused Mahrā’īl of converting Sādiq to Christianity and claimed that Mahrā’īl’s real name is Thanā’ Khalīl Ahmad Khalīl. She also accused the Coptic Orthodox church of luring Muslim girls to convert with promises of money [It is hard to say what is true, conversion stories are very often accompanied by accusations of the religious group receiving the convert. It is honor and shame often resulting in a blame-the- other attitude, presenting one- self as the victim of the other]. "Before her disappearance, my elder daughter Marwah ‘Abd al- Badī‘ told me that she was receiving $3000 per month from the Coptic Cathedral in al-‘Abbāsīyah. Meanwhile, Suhā confessed to me that she was receiving $500 per month," the mother claimed [such sums are unlikely].
Husband of Sādiq, ‘Abd al- Halīm, claimed that his wife was brainwashed by Christian sites on the Internet and called on the police to return his daughter to him, whom he said was abducted by his wife on August 8, 2006. "She called, apologized and asked me to forgive her and to accept her back home to see her daughter, Rawān. I did not know that she wanted to take our daughter and to steal the cash from my wallet," ‘Abd al- Halīm said.
