Sana al-Sayegh
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Sana al-Sayegh is the dean of the Science and Technology Faculty at the University of Palestine. She has represented the university at numerous conferences around the world over the past few years.
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in August 2007, provoked a controversy. Fatah
officials accuse their political rival Hamas
of kidnapping al-Sayegh, and forcing her to convert to Islam. Hamas has denied the allegation.
Meeting her mother at the home of a Hamas official, she told her "Yes, God has guided me through the right path." The mother, however, later claimed that her daughter was forced to make that statement. Other sources close to the family claim that al-Sayegh called them to indicated she was forced to marry a Muslim professor at the University.
Ala Aklouk, a senior Muslim cleric in Gaza City, said he met the professor and concluded that she converted to Islam of her free will. He denied allegations that she was covnerted because of her marriage to a Muslim man. Further, he claimed that the professor was "afraid" to tell her family about her conversion.
Hanan Matar, a female activist working for the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights, said she met with al-Sayegh, who denied having converted because of her marriage. She described al-Sayegh's behaviour as that of a "religious Muslim woman".
Conversion
Al-Sayegh's conversion to IslamIslam
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from Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
in August 2007, provoked a controversy. Fatah
Fatah
Fataḥ is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization , a multi-party confederation. In Palestinian politics it is on the left-wing of the spectrum; it is mainly nationalist, although not predominantly socialist. Its official goals are found...
officials accuse their political rival Hamas
Hamas
Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...
of kidnapping al-Sayegh, and forcing her to convert to Islam. Hamas has denied the allegation.
Meeting her mother at the home of a Hamas official, she told her "Yes, God has guided me through the right path." The mother, however, later claimed that her daughter was forced to make that statement. Other sources close to the family claim that al-Sayegh called them to indicated she was forced to marry a Muslim professor at the University.
Ala Aklouk, a senior Muslim cleric in Gaza City, said he met the professor and concluded that she converted to Islam of her free will. He denied allegations that she was covnerted because of her marriage to a Muslim man. Further, he claimed that the professor was "afraid" to tell her family about her conversion.
Hanan Matar, a female activist working for the Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human Rights, said she met with al-Sayegh, who denied having converted because of her marriage. She described al-Sayegh's behaviour as that of a "religious Muslim woman".