Todays Missions News: CAIRO, EGYPT (Worthy News)– One year after Islamists in upper Egypt accused her of committing blasphemy in front of a class of Muslim students, a Coptic Christian teacher fled to France where she remains in exile, according to Morning Star News. Demyana Abd Al-Nour, a social studies teacher at the Sheikh Sultan Primary School in Al-Edisat, fled the country before she was formally charged with violating Article 98f of the Egyptian Criminal Code. Her flight appeared to be justified after the court refused to allow witnesses to testify to her innocence. Not surprisingly, she was convicted and fined 100,000 Egyptian pounds ($14,270 US), a penalty well beyond her means to pay. Remaining incognito as her appeal winds through the serpentine Egyptian legal system, Al-Nour is awaiting the outcome of the proceedings, according to Safwat Samaan, chairman of Nation Without Borders, a human rights group in Luxor. Samaan said Al-Nour is preparing to become a refugee if her case isnt dismissed. She has been in France since the case started. If she is sentenced, she will apply for a political asylum.
Posted on: Tue, 13 May 2014 01:32:21 +0000
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