Another Death Fatwa from Egypt

This would be another challenge for the world initiatives of interreligious dialogue. From Egypt, it is reported that Muslim village elders in Minia Governorate in Egypt have issued a death fatwa (ruling) on 14 August 2009 against a Coptic priest Father Estefanos Shehata for requesting them to allow converting part of his family home to a prayer hall. Click here to read the report.