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- Country of residence: Palestine
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Sana Al-Sayegh is the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Palestine. She has represented the University of Palestine in many conferences around the world over the past few years.
Conversion to Islam
Sanaa al-Sayegh's conversion to Islam from Christianity in 2007 sparked controversy. Fatah officials accused their political rivals in Hamas of kidnapping Sanaa al-Sayegh, forcing her to convert to Islam, a claim Hamas has denied.
Sana met her mother at the home of a Hamas official and told her, "Yes, God has directed me to the right path," but the mother later claimed that her daughter Sana was forced to say so. Other sources close to the family have claimed that Sana contacted them to indicate that she had been forced to marry a Muslim university professor.
Alaa Aklouk, a senior cleric in Gaza, said he met Sanaa al-Sayegh and concluded that she had converted to Islam of her own free will, denying allegations that she had married a Muslim man. Moreover, Alaa said Sana is "afraid" of telling her family about her conversion to Islam.
Hanan Matar, an activist with the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza, said she met Sanaa al-Sayegh, who denied that she had converted to Islam because of her marriage. She described Sana's behaviour as "the behaviour of a devout Muslim woman."
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