The "Islamic Group" website published an interview with Abeer Talaat Fakhry, who is believed to have caused the sectarian events in the poverty-stricken Cairo neighborhood of Imbaba on Saturday night which left 13 dead and over 200 injured. She talked about her story with her husband and her role in Imbaba's sedition. Youm7 published the interview to offer all opinions to our readers. However, Youm7 has been unable to confirm the integrity of the Islamic Group's interview. Could you please introduce yourself to the reader? My name is Abeer Talaat Fakhry, an Egyptian woman who lived in Egypt and drank from its Nile and breathed its air. I'm a daughter of toiling parents who are working for feeding four girls and their brother. I'm the eldest of them. As all girls, I received an education to contribute to developing my society and saving it from illiteracy. I obtained a commercial high school certificate then joined an institution to study fonts. Are you married? Yes, I married a Christian man who had bad manners against the will of my parents. Why do think your husband dealt with you in bad manner? He insulted me and accused me of betraying him with his brother. I tried to be patient to respond to my God-given orders. In the eighth month of my pregnancy, he assaulted me physically and psychologically. He also threw me out of house because he knew that the baby is female. He didn't honor his commitment which he took in front of God to protect me. Why you didn't demand the police help? My mother wanted to do so after she saw the effects of his assaults but my father refused to keep my reputation. How did you begin with Islam? I talked with my colleagues about Islam so I decided to convert to Islam. I thought, we live in the era of freedom, dignity and religious freedom, ensured by the constitution. Did you convert to Islam? Yes, I traveled in with Yassin Sabet, one of my colleagues in the institute of fonts, to Cairo to proclaim Islam as my new religion in Al-Azhar. I changed my name to "Asmaa Mohamed Ibrahim" on Sep. 23. To avoid attempts to pressure me back away from my decision, I decided to live away from my village to live in freedom and dignity. Where did you go? I went to a village in Benha through Gaafar, who is one of my village residents. Did your family know your place? No one knew my place until March 1. What happened in March? After an argument with Gaafar, he told my family where I was and they came to take me. Did you return to your husband or remain in your family's home? I didn't return to my husband and I didn't remain with my family. They handed me to the Assyut Chirch, which imprisoned me in March 2011. I transferred many times from church to church until they brought me to St. Mark's Cathedral in Abasiyya, in Cairo. They pressured me to abandon my religious freedom. I pretended to agree because I was afraid they would harm me. Did the church release you after they thought that you abandoned Islam? No. They transferred me to another prison in Imbaba. I was isolated in this period. Only a woman priest (nun) was to open the door for providing me with food. Why did they continue imprisoning you? They wanted to force me to change my papers in the civil registry. Did you have any opportunity to leave that prison? No, so I called Yassin Sabet by telephone to tell him what will happen in the civil registry. I asked him to come with a car to help me escape before going there. Has that happened? No, events moved too fast. What do you mean? I heard voices in the street. The nun came and said, “Go out from here, we are innocent of your blood.” After going out, my mobile rang. The speaker said, "I'm a chief inspector, where are you my daughter?" But I closed the line because I was scared.
