{"id":2870,"date":"2006-04-21T09:47:05","date_gmt":"2006-04-21T09:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/in-egypt.html"},"modified":"2006-04-21T09:47:05","modified_gmt":"2006-04-21T09:47:05","slug":"in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/04\/in-egypt.html","title":{"rendered":"In Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christians and Muslims have been clashing of late – Christianity Today has some links<\/a><\/p>\n

From Catholic News Agency:<\/a><\/p>\n

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A spokesman for the Catholic Church in Egypt, Rafiq Gresh, told EFE that if a Muslim converts to Christianity and manages to keep it hidden, when he dies \u201che will be buried in a Muslim cemetery.\u201d He said a person\u2019s national identity card indicates what religion he or she professes.<\/p>\n

According to statements by Islamic authorities, Islam is tolerant of other monotheistic faiths but does not allow them to engage in missionary activity.  \u201cA Christian has the same right as a Muslim to express his religion at any time or place, but there is a difference between this and inciting a person to follow another religion,\u201d said Abdel Moti Bayumi of the Academy of Islamic Studies.<\/span><\/p>\n

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