A Muslim man berated and beat a Coptic Christian woman because she entered his establishment with her head uncovered during Ramadan in Egypt.
According to the Apr. 27, 2022 Arabic language report, Nevin Sobhi, a 30-year-old married mother, went to her local drugstore to pick up some medication for her young son, who accompanied her. On entering, she noticed that the head pharmacist, Dr. Ali Abu Sa‘da (pictured above), was giving her “the evil eye.” Before long, what was in his eyes reached his tongue: he launched into a loud and “hate-filled tirade” against her for daring to enter his store during Ramadan without any head covering and while wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt.
It should be noted that Ali was aware that Nevin was Christian and, therefore, not obligated to observe Ramadan’s rules. When the Copt told him as much, he responded with a violent slap to her face. When the startled woman responded with shock and anger, he slapped her again—all while her scared, young son cried.
Nevin ran outside, “in a state of collapse, crying and incapable of absorbing the shock.” She contacted her family, and they went to the local police station to report the incident. There, Nevin received what she called her “third slap.” According to the Christian woman:
Inside the police station, I was surprised by attempts and pressure to conciliate. The perpetrator’s lawyer steered the writing of the report [in a manner] that contradicted reality, and they forced me to sign the report which contained statements from the pharmacist’s lawyer without taking my statements. […] We were especially shocked to see the report said that “the pharmacist is a friend of the family, who was just bantering and joking around with Mrs. Nevin, because he is close to the family.”
Continued the woman: “I was so shocked; it was as a third slap to me—that such a radical character could emerge victorious, even as I lose my rights as an Egyptian woman!”
Criticism for and even violence against those who do not outwardly conform to the strictures of Ramadan—even if they are non-Muslims and therefore exonerated—is common throughout the Islamic world.
Some days before this incident, for example, a video surfaced of a woman in hijab yelling at and hitting Coptic girls in a bus for not being properly veiled. Muslim women have even been known to cut off—sometimes clandestinely other times not so clandestinely—the uncovered hair of Christian women. To quote from a report,
Two niqab-wearing women assaulted and forcefully cut the hair of a Christian woman on the metro Sunday, the third such reported incident in two months, raising fears of a growing vigilante movement to punish Egyptian women for not wearing the veil in public…. [T]he assaulters called the Christian woman, who is 28 years old, an “infidel” and pushed her off the train, breaking her arm.
I have heard it said a thousand times, First we will come for the Saturday people and then we will come for the Sunday people. The Christian world is paying the price for not standing up for the Saturday people. Especially since 1948. Everywhere the Saturday people have been driven out from, has turned to dross.
Thanks Jimmy. Grew up in Slummervile as we often joked about it, the All American City 1971.
In far Western MA now, like heaven.
Good to see you here. Raymond is a deep well of knowledge about Islam. Recommend his books, especially Sword and Scimitar.
His monthly series is worth many looks, on the Muslim persecution of Christians worldwide.
Dead muslims persecute no one but most westerners prefer to cling to the “moderate” fallacy.
Only China with its companion totalitarian ideology, the child of islam: communism, knows how to deal with them and even they are unwilling to do what will work 100%.
I would like to know which city or village she lives in and the suburb . Secondly I would like to know why she goes to a Muslim fundamentalist at all .
I’ll hazard a guess Serge that not may Coptics have well run businesses.
Perhaps Raymond will jump in in your question.
Question for you: Are you skeptical of how much brutality is perpetrated by Islam wherever it has a strong population, even in Western countries?
Appreciate questions, ask away.
Good Morning Don ,
As a matter of fact Copts generally have better run businesses and many Muslims prefer dealing with them . They prosper more in pharmacies , jewelry shops , nut shops etc… Obviously I can only speculate that she was either in the North or a medium to large city as she would not have gone out in short sleeves and without a head scarf .
My point is that she would have had ample choice to avoid going to this guy . In Egypt one would ssk “what sent her there ?” .
Are you a parent?
Your point is irrelevant if you are not.
If the child was ill the nearest one is the one any parent would pick.
As all muslims are potential or actual fundamentalists and they dominate Egypt population-wise, and pharmacies are always seen as ideal businesses by muslims (especially in the west along with service stations) her chances of finding a Coptic one open or near would be low.
This incident happened in a village called “ Sobk El Ahad – Ashmon – Menoufiah Province – Egypt “.
Not a nice place the last 3 Presidents came from there .
Thanks Raymond. Good she didn’t suffer much worse treatment. Woman in Sweden very recently raped and thrown in a deep well. Refused to marry a migrant who wanted to use the marriage to stay in the country.
Media does not mention the man – only the crime.
I have a good friend in Sweden who filled me in. Aftonbladet (Evening Paper) one of the biggest in Sweden, never mentioned the assailant. How many thousands of these crimes go unreported? Nigeria, UK Grooming gangs, minority victims in Sharia countries, and on and on.
No mention from the legacy, very biased media. Especially UK teen victims, still suffering into the forth decade of the crime wave, even after some exposure but the Times of London and BBC.
the crimes against underage teens continue with short sentencing for the perps who are predominantly Muslim men.
Thanks again Raymond
wake up America
It is the entire Egyptian government that encourages terrorism against Christians