Egypt: Interviewing a Baha’i Assailant · Global Voices
Marwa Rakha

Egyptian blogger Ibn Rushd interviewed one of the Baha'i assailants.
Here's a translation of the interview, in which the assailant admits to his role in the burning of six homes belonging to Baha'i families in the village of Shoraneya:
I met Mohamed by mere coincidence in a local bread bakery in Boulac El Dakrour in Giza. When Mohamed learnt that I am a journalist, he smiled at me saying: “Do you know that I am one of the Shoraneya heroes?” His use of the word “hero” made me wonder so I asked him to elaborate.
The interview ended right there and then, as Mostafa Fathy wrote: