Miss Mabrouk of Egypt

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Saturday, October 15, 2005

I Was Blind But Now I Can See

In Alexandria, 200 policemen had to keep some 3,000 demonstrators from entering and disrupting a controversial play staged in the Coptic St. Gergis church. The play “I was blind but now I can see,” features a student who is converting to Islam after promises of money and is threatened when he later wish to return to Christianity. Muslim leaders said the performance, which also was distributed on DVD’s, was offensive because it “tells you how Muslims are all terrorists and how they deceive Christians to convert to Islam either by force or money.