Kamillia Shehata is a 25 years-old woman from the monastery of Moas in Menia, in Upper Egypt. She works as a teacher of Science. Her story is not the first of its kind. She started as a good Christian who used to go to the church regularly. She liked reading very much. Kamilia lived in Egypt among her fellow citizens, both Muslims and Christians, and she was respected by both, as she was a decent and highly ethical girl. Like other girls, she got married, but she got married to a priest. As the wife of a priest, she was being asked by Christians and argued by Muslims. This motivated her to search, read, and discuss; she searched for the truth. And she found it. She read the Holy Quran and the Bible, spoke to many Christians and Muslims. Finally, she decided to be a Muslim. She decided to convert to Islam after she heard about the prophet Mohamed in Al-Goma'a Prayer, she got deeply moved by what she heard about His morals mercy and humility. She converted because she read the Qur'an and found her soul guided by it, because she found many contradictions in the Bible, because it is impossible for the sound mind to believe that God has a son and both are Gods with the Holy Spirit as their third.
Kamillia converted to Islam because she got attracted and moved by the view of women who wear Hijab and veil. She liked the idea of being covered from starring eyes. She has converted to Islam secretly for a year and half now, during which she learned by heart four chapters of the Holy Qur'an. When she converted, her Muslim colleagues celebrated secretly with her. Being unable to wear Hijab, she had to wear a cab to cover her hair. When she decided to announce her conversion, she returned a sum of 35000 pounds to her husband. She returned the money because she knew that her husband stole them from the church charities. Along with the money, she left a letter to her husband telling him of her conversion.
Kamillia has a son who is a year and half now. She used to give her baby milk formula instead of breastfeeding him. She did this because she knew that one day, she will have to leave home when she declares her conversion to Islam. She hoped she can get her right for having her son with her after she declares her conversion. She headed to Al-Azhar to officially declare her conversion. She went to a photography studio across from Al-Azhar and got her picture –with Hijab- printed.
When she returned to Al Azhar, they refused to grant her the certificate that recognizes her as a Muslim because she was the wife of a priest, and because they had firm instructions from the National Security Police not to grant her this certificate. As she returned the other day, the National security Police had set an ambush for her. She was kidnapped after being beaten and insulted in front of people. The police delivered her to the church to be forced to convert back to Christianity or be killed.
Kamillia fled her house because she converted to Islam, she left her money, her son, and her social status behind her. She did this for the sake of Allah, to be a Muslim.
Now, kamillia is neing tortured in the church, in the same country where Al-Azhar is, in a country where 75 million Muslims live
Kamillia needs our help, all of us!! Will we let her down??!! Will we leave her to the churchmen to kill her like they killed many others??