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Hosni Mubarak's dogs imprison Muslims
Saleema
11/20/00 at 01:23:20
Assalamoalykum,

Out of all the Muslim countries that I dislike, actually i should say the governments of those countries that I dislike, Egypt is on the top of my list. I can't wait to go there inshallah in a year or so. I want to get politically involved, but my mother says that they will throw me out faster than I can blink my eyes and probably will never be allowed there for studies again. Is that true? If so, then I will just stick to my studies.

Its just that I am so angry at out current situation. And I hate this Arab vs non-Arab bs. We are all muslims. When did we start caring about nationlism?


Egypt Court Convicts 15 Activists
The Associated Press
Nov 19 2000 7:04PM

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An Egyptian military court convicted 15 member of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, the movement that has become
the biggest opposition faction in parliament, sentencing them to three to five years in prison.

Five other defendants were acquitted, according to the rulings handed down by the military court Sunday.

The Brotherhood, which aims to implement Islamic law in Egypt, won 17 parliament seats, more than any other opposition group, in elections that ended last week. The Brotherhood candidates ran as
independents because the group is banned. President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party still dominates the 454-seat body.

The 20 defendants were charged with being members of a banned group, harming national peace, trying to take control of trade union and distributing pamphlets to spread their ideas.

Mohammed Badi Sami, Saad Zaghloul el-Ashmawi and Ahmed Ibrahim el-Halwani - a veterinarian, doctor and teacher, respectively - received
five years imprisonment and 12 others got three years.

Mukhtar Nouh, a leading lawyer who defends Muslim fundamentalists, was among those who received three years. Nouh is also the treasurer
of the Egyptian Lawyers' Union, a member of the Brotherhood's consultative council and a former member of Parliament.

``We knew from the start that this was a political case and we prepared ourselves accordingly. However, we didn't expect the sentences to be this harsh,'' said defense attorney Mohamed Touson.

Maj. Gen. Ahmed el-Anwar, the presiding judge of the three-judge tribunal, said the Brotherhood works ``to impede (Egypt's) progress and flourishing and to harm the country's supreme interests.''

Mustafa Mashhour, the Brotherhood's leader, denounced the verdicts as ``unjust.''

``But we won't meet such injustice with any incitement or provocation. We'll just complain to God,'' Mashhour said.

The 20 were arrested in October last year and the trial began in December. The military courts were set up to try terrorists but have also tried other members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Human rights organizations and opposition parties have repeatedly criticized the trials of government opponents in military courts, which operate under emergency laws imposed in 1981 by Mubarak's government. The courts' verdicts cannot be appealed, and only the president can pardon those found guilty.

The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in 1928, was banned in 1954. It was tolerated by the government until 1995, when it was accused of
supporting an armed Islamic insurgency that had begun three years earlier.

The group says it has renounced violence, yet hundreds of its members have been put on trial and scores imprisoned.

The Brotherhood, which had only one seat in the departing parliament, had long claimed election fraud kept it from showing its true influence
in Egypt. During the recent balloting, there were charges that police turned away would-be voters expected to support Brotherhood members. The vote was also marred by violence and charges of vote
buying and meddling with voter lists.

The government arrested more than 1,000 Brotherhood sympathizers shortly before the election. They have all been released since.
NS
Re: Hosni Mubarak's dogs imprison Muslims
bhaloo
11/20/00 at 11:04:19
slm

Yeah they would probably imprison you if you spoke up, what are you going to study there?  This woman was telling me her husband used to get thrown in jail in Egypt.
Re: Hosni Mubarak's dogs imprison Muslims
Saleema
11/20/00 at 16:14:40
Assalamoalykum,

Islamic studies-- hadith, seerah, quran, history of islam inshallah.

wassalm
Re: Hosni Mubarak's dogs imprison Muslims
Sara
11/20/00 at 22:19:51
Assalam,
In my opinion, countries like Egypt who are not helping the Palestinians are either sucking up to the U.S. or just don't want trouble.


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