▁to ▁justify ▁legal ▁action ▁against ▁them . ▁H eg azy ▁reports ▁that ▁after ▁his ▁conversion ▁was ▁discovered , ▁he ▁was ▁det ained ▁for ▁three ▁days ▁and ▁tort ured ▁by ▁police . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁he ▁published ▁a ▁book ▁of ▁po ems ▁critical ▁of ▁security ▁services ▁and ▁was ▁held ▁for ▁three ▁months ▁for ▁sed ition , ▁disturb ing ▁public ▁order , ▁and ▁ins ult ing ▁the ▁president ▁and ▁was ▁eventually ▁released ▁without ▁charge . ▁ ▁Su it ▁to ▁change ▁religious ▁status ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁H eg azy ▁su ed ▁the ▁Egypt ian ▁court ▁to ▁change ▁his ▁religion ▁from ▁" I sl am " ▁to ▁" Christ ian ity " ▁on ▁his ▁national ▁identification ▁card . ▁He ▁said ▁he ▁wants ▁to ▁do ▁this ▁so ▁that ▁his ▁child ▁can ▁be ▁open ly ▁raised ▁as ▁a ▁Christian , ▁get ▁a ▁Christian ▁birth ▁certificate ▁and ▁marry ▁in ▁a ▁church . ▁He ▁also ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁wants ▁to ▁set ▁a ▁preced ent ▁for ▁other ▁converts . ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁lawyer , ▁M amd ou h ▁N akh lah ▁file d ▁the ▁case , ▁but ▁then ▁quit ▁after ▁H eg azy ' s ▁conversion ▁caused ▁a ▁major ▁up ro ar . ▁N akh lah ▁told ▁the ▁Associ ated ▁Press ▁that ▁he ▁initially ▁accepted ▁the ▁case ▁because ▁of ▁an ▁editor ial ▁last ▁month ▁by ▁one ▁of ▁Egypt ' s ▁highest ▁Islam ic ▁cler ics , ▁the ▁Grand ▁Mu ft i ▁Ali ▁G oma a , ▁who ▁wrote ▁against ▁the ▁killing ▁of ▁apost ates