[...] US Congressmen Issue Demand to Release Abdel Kareem Soliman, Who Faces Nine Years in Jail for Blogposts on Egyptian Politics, Religious Tensions, and Women’s Rights [...]

[...] Below is a press release regarding Kareem and our ME Faith network: US Congressmen Issue Demand to Release Abdel Kareem Soliman, Who Faces Nine Years in Jail for Blogposts on Egyptian Politics, Religious Tensions, and Women’s Rights [...]

The arrest and sentence of Mr Kareem on charges of “defaming Islam” and the president of Egypt on his weblog goes beyond the grasp of any free thinking person. it must of a high concern to every muslim or arab such an act of suppressing fundamental freedom.There is one famous statement which every person in the arab and muslim world must have read :” how you could enslave humans when there mothers bore them free”. it seems that neither the president of Egypt nor the Egyptian prosecuter heard of /or comprehend it. It is an old legal trick to use religeon to advance oppressive and dictatorial conduct . Mr Kareem name is added to the names of all those who were detained by the US authorities in Guantanamo bay. FREE ALL OF THEM UNCONDITIONALY.

[...] When I, a child who had been exposed to Christianity, rebelled against the dogma and was only chastised by my peers. Unfortunately for Kareem, his father is advocating Sharia [Islamic Law] to be applied. If Kareem does not repent and recant his opinions within three days, he would be executed. Fortunately, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Reporters without Borders, and The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information have all condemned the arrest and sentence. With the attention of these agencies, and two congressmen, Egypt would be well advised to drop all charges and release him from prison. Egypt, and its entrenched tourism industry, deserve to be reprimanded on the world stage if they proceed with Kareem’s imprisonment. [...]

[...] He co-signed a bipartisan letter to the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S.A., and he responded to the Embassy’s defense of Kareem’s imprisonment on The Washington Post. [...]