In Egypt, Mervat Ragy, a 24-year-old female Coptic lawyer, has been assaulted three times in a single week by Muslim Brotherhood lawyers.  They apparently wanted revenge for her exposure of complicity between themselves and police.

This third physical assault occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning, 28 January, at her family home in the village of Mentot, in Upper Egypt. Upon opening the door, she was surprised by the two lawyers attacking her. One of them hit her several times in the face, while the other was beating her with a stick. They fled before being caught.

One of the lawyers was, Omar Mohammad Omar, heads of the Commission on Islamic Sharia law, in Abu-Korkas, while the second was Emad Gamal, director of the Department of Criminal Court. She filed a complaint against them with the general counsel, and has been seen by Forensic Medicine, to determine the nature of her injuries and submit a medical report.

Ms Ragy was assaulted twice on 22 January, once in the morning and again in the evening as she was on her way to speak to prosecutors about the morning attack.  The second attack was so severe that she required hospitalisation.

Police have thus far failed to act on her complaints, so she has sent letters to President Hosni Mubarak and several cabinet ministers.

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Tags: Barbarism, Coptic Church, Egypt, Mervat Ragy, Muslim Brotherhood, Persecution
Filed under: Africa, Christianity, Religious Liberty/Persecution
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