{"id":1706,"date":"2009-08-25T21:20:57","date_gmt":"2009-08-26T04:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2009-08-25T21:20:57","modified_gmt":"2009-08-26T04:20:57","slug":"on-the-run-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2009\/on-the-run-in-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Run in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet Maher El Gohary<\/h3>\n

It is a clear day along the coast, but in a bungalow off the beach, Maher El Gohary sits behind a locked door with an open Bible and a crystal cross, suspicious of every voice and sandal scraping past outside.<\/p>\n

He and his daughter, Dina, live like refugees, switching apartments every few months, not wanting to get close to neighbors. Gohary’s life has been threatened, his dogs have been killed, and it’s been suggested that he’s insane or possessed by spirits.<\/p>\n

He is a man this Muslim nation cannot fathom: a convert to Christianity.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

A tall man in blue shorts and rimless glasses, Gohary, 56, looks as if he is ready to walk the beach. But he and Dina have just moved to the three-room bungalow. Their suitcases are still packed; the only thing hanging on the walls is a clothesline. Listening for noises outside, Gohary speaks of how years earlier the teachings of Jesus, especially parables on forgiveness and loving your enemy, changed his life.<\/p>\n

“In Islam, if you steal your hands are cut off, but in Christianity you can be forgiven,” he says. “This compassion is what attracted me.”<\/p>\n

Back then he was a young cadet at the police academy, inspired by a Christian bunkmate who ignored the taunts of Muslim recruits. Gohary, the son of a police general, began reading the Bible.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Gohary listens at the door. He doesn’t want an unexpected knock, and says he and his daughter will stay here a month or so and then move on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Source:<\/i> Los Angeles Times — A Christian on the run in Egypt<\/a><\/p>\n

HT:<\/i> Persecution.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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