Mohammed Hegazy
Mohammed Beshoy Hegazy (* 1982 ) is an Egyptian citizen who converted from Islam to the Christian Coptic Church in 1998 and who officially applied for his Christian faith to be entered on her ID card in Egypt in August 2007 in order to prevent his daughter from using her father's registered religion must take over.
Life
He took the name Beshoy after an Egyptian monk.
In the first instance, Hegazy was denied leaving Islam . Numerous people, including representatives of state institutions, have publicly called for his death. Several attacks have been carried out on him and his wife.
In an interview with the Washington Post on July 21, 2007, the Grand Mufti of Egypt , Ali Gomaa , rejected the secular punishment of converts formerly belonging to Islam. He relativized this position on July 25, 2007 in the Arab press by declaring the secular punishment of apostasy to be legal.
Hegazy is currently hiding underground with his wife because he has to fear for his life because of apostasy from Islam.
The public prosecutor of the Cairo State Security Office, Mohammed al-Faisal, then had his lawyers, the human rights activists Dr. Arrest Adel Fawzy Faltas and Peter Ezzat.
In the al-Quds al-arabi , he declared that fatwas by the Grand Mufti of Egypt, Ali Gum'a, which exclude secular punishment for converts formerly belonging to Islam, are worthless. The public commitment to converting Hegazy, with which he mocked and denied Islam, must be punished with death in this world.
In an interview with Egypt Today , the Egyptian Minister for Religious Affairs, Mahmoud Zakzouk , confirmed the legality of the death penalty for former Islamic converts who publicly announce their change of faith. This is a danger to public order and can be equated with high treason .
Web links
- " Christians in Egypt: Problems for Converts in Egypt " - video contribution of the Tagesthemen from August 12, 2007.
- Thomas Schmid: “ Scholar: Death penalty for Muslims who became Christians ”, in: Die Welt , August 16, 2007.
- “ A convert who refuses to remain silent ”, article by Open Doors , August 24, 2007.
- " Egypt: Muslim authorities demand beheading of converts ", article by kath.net , August 31, 2007.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Washington Post of 2007/21: Reprint: Archived copy ( Memento of June 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ archive.gulfnews.com ( Memento from July 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Kuwait Times August 11, 2007 Egyptian Christian convert goes into hiding amid death threats ( Memento from September 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Egypt: Muslim authorities demand beheading of converts . International Society for Human Rights , August 30, 2007
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hegazy, Mohammed |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hegazy, Mohammed Beshoy (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian citizen who converted from Islam to the Christian Coptic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1982 |