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Coptic Christian Family Praising God after 16-Year-Old Daughter, Abducted by Islamic Extremists, Returns Home

Leah Marieann Klett : Oct 10, 2017  GospelHerald.com

Before leaving Islam, "G," an Egyptian, told World Watch Monitor he was in a network of several thousand men actively targeting Coptic girls for years. Today, that network, funded by "wealthy Muslims," is stronger than ever.

[GospelHerald.com] A Coptic Christian family is praising God after their 16-year-old daughter, who was abducted by Islamic extremists to be "converted to Islam, then married off or sold," was rescued and returned home. (Photo: Marilyn was kidnapped in June and returned to her family on 30 September after police found her and arrested her kidnappers in a city just outside Cairo/World Watch Monitor/via GospelHerald.com)

According to World Watch Monitor, Marilyn was kidnapped in June and returned to her family in September after police found her and arrested her kidnappers in a city just outside Cairo.

Her village priest, Father Boutros Khalaf, told the outlet, "Recently we found out that Marilyn was held in a place in 10th of Ramadan city... We went to the local police station and they really did their best to reach her and managed to arrest her kidnapper, Taha, and his brother, Gaber, and release Marilyn. She returned back to her family on Saturday, 30 September, after 92 days".

Fr. Khalaf said she had "not been treated well" by Taha and his friends, but she is just "very happy to be back with her family".

"We thank God for answering our prayers and the prayers of many other people," he added.

"And we thank all the policemen in the police station that helped us so much in releasing our daughter, Marilyn. We appreciate their great efforts."

Marilyn was reportedly kidnapped by Taha, a young man she believed to be her boyfriend. After she disappeared, videos surfaced online in which she said she had converted to Islam. In one, she held a Quran; in the other, veiled, she "seemingly repeated what was dictated to her through an earpiece"...

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