I said before that the Egyptians are known for being religious; however this doesn’t mean they have to forget about their suffering with the high prices, unemployment, health issues, education and extremism and so on, and only think about religion. Yet, among their daily suffering, they have time to think about the religion of actresses and rumors about their conversion from one religion to another.
Recently, there were rumors about conversion of two Muslim actresses to Christianity, namely Elham Shahin and Nashwa Mostafa. This came after Shahin told a story about a miracle conducted by St. Mary to her mother and later Mostafa had combined the name of Allah with the Holy Spirit in her speech during the 65th session of the Egyptian Catholic Center Cinema Festival chaired by Father Botros Daniel in the presence of a galaxy of artists and media figures.
This was taken as a sign of conversion by two actresses, which they denied later knowing that such rumors could destroy their career and even their lives in Egypt. I believe that religion should be a personal matter and shouldn’t be a key element in prejudging others the way it is in Egypt as it is a personal matter at the end. Such propaganda makes people trade on religion in order to achieve some personal interests.
Moreover, I believe that such religious attitude should be used as a motivation for hard working as it is clear that religious people are supposed to value hard working, faithfulness and sincerity. This is a good time to have the right understanding for religion in Egypt and to realize that a true religion should make the people enjoy a better life.
