Islamist Lawyer to Kareem’s Defense Team: “You Are an Infidel”
March 19th, 2007How come he’s not in jail for expressing an opinion the defense lawyers did not like? (Sarcasm)
From Reuters: Egyptian court rejects blogger’s appeal.
Excerpts:
Abdel-Karim Suleiman, 22, last month became the first Egyptian to be jailed for his writing on the Internet in what human rights groups and bloggers described as a dangerous precedent that could limit online freedom in the country.
“This was not a verdict issued on a legal basis,” said Gamal Eid, a human rights activist and one of Suleiman’s lawyers.
“This is a religious verdict similar to those of the Inquisition,” he told Reuters.
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“You are an infidel,” one of the Islamist lawyers shouted at a member of Suleiman’s defense team after the trial, sparking a shouting match between the groups.
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Many in the religiously conservative Arab nation reject Suleiman’s views on religion.
Suleiman stood at the defendant’s pen on Monday wearing a blue prison uniform. He did not deny writing the articles but said they merely represented his views.
Ahmed Seif al-Islam, one of his lawyers, said the defense team planned to take the case to the Court of Cassation, Egypt’s highest appeals court.
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“The problem in these kind of cases is that the people who distinguish between their religious feelings and the law are few,” [Seif al-Islam] said.
April 1st, 2007 at 2:45 pm
[…] Prosecuting lawyers are attacking Kareem’s pro bono publico lawyers. The lawyers got engaged in a ‘shouting match’ after one of them shouted to a member of the defense team that he is an “infidel”. […]