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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 8184932, member: 87200"]I actually was held up at gunpoint at Kom Ombo and robbed of 200 Egyptian pounds. Also got into a bit of trouble with Islamists in the ancient town of Coptos but used my Arabic Qu'ran to good effect, saying that I was learning the language and the religion, so they were mollified. The conversation ended with a discussion if there were any faithful in America, as they considered it an apostate country with no connection to Allah, the one true god. My Qu'ran was published by Al-Azhar, which they were glad to see.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: The lesson is to avoid some of the hotspots, such as parts of Upper Egypt and Sinai. On the whole I was usually greeted with tea or coffee and sometimes invited into peoples' homes to discuss all sorts of things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 8184932, member: 87200"]I actually was held up at gunpoint at Kom Ombo and robbed of 200 Egyptian pounds. Also got into a bit of trouble with Islamists in the ancient town of Coptos but used my Arabic Qu'ran to good effect, saying that I was learning the language and the religion, so they were mollified. The conversation ended with a discussion if there were any faithful in America, as they considered it an apostate country with no connection to Allah, the one true god. My Qu'ran was published by Al-Azhar, which they were glad to see. Edit: The lesson is to avoid some of the hotspots, such as parts of Upper Egypt and Sinai. On the whole I was usually greeted with tea or coffee and sometimes invited into peoples' homes to discuss all sorts of things.[/QUOTE]
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