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Attacked by Muslim Mob, Coptic Woman is Still Living a Nightmare
Aid to the Church in Need ^ | 3/12/18 | ACN Staff

Posted on 03/16/2018 5:21:19 PM PDT by marshmallow

HER NIGHTMARE was triggered by false rumors of an affair between her married son and a married Muslim woman. After 50 years of living quietly in the Egyptian village of Kom Lofi—some 180 miles south of Cairo—Souad Thabet, a 70-year-old Coptic woman, became the victim of an angry mob of Muslims out to punish her for her son’s alleged transgression of conservative Muslim mores. Her life would be changed forever. Still trembling with fear and sorrow over the tragedy that befell her and her family, Mrs. Thabet tells her story:

“It was Friday, May 20, 2016. After we learned from people in the village that the family of the Muslim woman wanted to burn down our house, I went to the police station to ask for protection and file a report. That evening a mob came to our house; they assaulted my 81-year-old husband, looted the house and damaged it.

“I went back to the police station to file another report, but one of the officers shouted at me: ‘You are a liar and want to ignite sectarian strife in the village.’ After I told him that everything in the house had been ransacked, he asked me: ‘Do you want back what was stolen and have those people kill your sons?’ I feared for the lives of my sons and did not file a police report. Instead, I asked God to compensate me.

“It was a few hours later, when a mob of some 300 people came to our home, broke in and beat up my old husband. I screamed in terror. Four of the assailants pulled my hair, stripped me completely naked, and dragged me down the street—without anyone intervening to defend me.

“I tried to flee into a neighbor’s home where the door was open; my neighbor locked the...........

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1 posted on 03/16/2018 5:21:19 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Astounding but I’m sure a pretty “common” occurrence wherever these pigs live and they always have the law and courts behind them. Disgusting. God bless this poor woman and her family and keep her safe.


2 posted on 03/16/2018 5:28:03 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: marshmallow

All cultures are equal....

*spit*....


3 posted on 03/16/2018 7:09:25 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: marshmallow
All over the world Christians like the Copts are in living nightmares because of Islam.

Leftists invited Muslims also into Britain , Sweden etc where Muslims are terrorizing the European women there.

Islam is evil.

4 posted on 03/16/2018 7:59:59 PM PDT by rurgan (The Federal reserve r leftists raising rates to hurt Trump.Fed kept rates at 0 for all of obama yrs)
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