Al Yom Al Sabe' obtained a videotape by Mariana Zaki Mata in which she states that her decision to convert to Islam was not influenced by anyone, including her Muslim husband. Legal documents proving her conversion put an end to the controversy. Mariana's parents announced that they now consider her dead to them.
Key Words: Kantara - Ismailia - Mariana Zaki Mata - Mariam Mohamed Ahmed - Al-Azhar - Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhra - Hosni Mubarak - Mahmoud Muslim - The Fatwa Committee at the Islamic Research Complex at Al-Azhar - Saeed Salah-Eddin - Mohamed Ali Metwally