Western hostages in Gaza convert to Islam in new tape: Fox News

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2006

JERUSALEM (AFP) — Fox News in Jerusalem has received a new tape of its kidnapped journalists in Gaza, which shows the two men converting to Islam, a network official told AFP, a day after a deadline set by their captors ran out. "We got a new videotape, which shows them saying the lines from the Koran" to convert, an official at the US-based television network said on condition of anonymity.

Saturday saw the passing of a deadline set by the two men's captors, the previously unknown Holy Jihad Brigades, which had demanded that all Muslim prisoners be freed from US jails. The two journalists, US reporter Steve Centanni and freelance cameraman Olaf Wiig from New Zealand, were snatched on August 14 off a street in Gaza City, where they had been working for several weeks. On...

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