
Written by The Free Copts Sunday, 22 June 2008 Barely a few weeks after the attacks on the Abu Fana monastery in El-Menya, Coptic homes and businesses in the village of Al Nazla, in the Fayoum province south of Cairo were attacked by their Muslim neighbors. The attackers shouted "Allah Akbar" and "Kill the infidels" as they hurled stones at their Christian neighbors' homes. The attackers took to the streets on June 19, 2008 after the disappearance of Dalia Makram, a Christian convert to Islam. Dalia, or Demiana as she was known before her conversion to Islam, converted to Islam in order to marry Hamada Sayed Zaki about two years ago. After her conversion to Isam, the authorities detained members of her family justifying the move as" to protect her if they thought of harming her" Dalia's family subsequently left the village and moved elsewhere. On the 19th June, Dalia went to Cairo with her husband and child to visit a sick relative. She...