Egypt has launched a crackdown on Christian missionaries. About two dozen Christians have been arrested by Egyptian police over the last week, Christian sources said. They said many of them were Muslims who recently converted to Christianity.
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The Barnabas Fund, which seeks to support the Christian presence in the Islamic world, said the crackdown began on Oct. 21 when Christian activists were arrested in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. The group said the first of those arrested were two converts from Islam as part of a police investigation that began in Cairo and expanded to Alexandria. "Local Christians fear the arrests will continue and many other converts from Islam, who have been living quietly as Christians may now be arrested in the next few days," the group said. |