They kept their language and their identity. They were not changed by the Arabs. Does that make them infidels? Countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey – all the countries that became Muslim – kept their [ethnic] identity.”
Interviewer: “I agree with this logic, but the terms you use are offensive.”
Fatima Naout: “What terms? Saying that [Arabic] is not our language?”
Interviewer: “Who introduced the Arabic language into Egypt?”
Fatima Naout: “The Arabs.”
Interviewer: “What brought those Arabs here?”
Fatima Naout: “The Islamic conquest.”
Interviewer: “So what you are, in fact, saying is that the Arabic language, which was brought to Egypt by the Islamic conquest, is the language of invaders and occupiers.”
Fatima Naout: “Absolutely.”
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