http://www.freekareem.org/2007/03/27/why-kareem-what-about-the-others/ Campaign to free the brave Egyptian blogger Abdelkareem Nabil Soliman Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.freekareem.org/2007/03/27/why-kareem-what-about-the-others/comment-page-1/#comment-170628 robert Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:35:47 +0000 http://www.freekareem.org/2007/03/27/why-kareem-what-about-the-others/#comment-170628 i was at the cato website when i saw this story and it immediately caught my attention since egypt is a country whose time for democratic reform has come, this is the most important story in the middle east far greater than the iraq war. the whole free world must come together to free this independent thinker jailed by bunch of morons who use the koran to justify thier despotic tendancies. i will surely raise this issue with the president and my senator in congress. kareem will be free and freedom will come to egypt. i was at the cato website when i saw this story and it immediately caught my attention since egypt is a country whose time for democratic reform has come, this is the most important story in the middle east far greater than the iraq war. the whole free world must come together to free this independent thinker jailed by bunch of morons who use the koran to justify thier despotic tendancies. i will surely raise this issue with the president and my senator in congress. kareem will be free and freedom will come to egypt.

]]> http://www.freekareem.org/2007/03/27/why-kareem-what-about-the-others/comment-page-1/#comment-13206 Lessons from the Free Kareem campaign at Global Voices Advocacy Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:31:44 +0000 http://www.freekareem.org/2007/03/27/why-kareem-what-about-the-others/#comment-13206 [...] Why is Kareem Amer is getting such attention, not just from the media, but also from politicians and people in the street? In a region where the Western media, armed with its familiar stereotypes and clichés, are used to focusing on Islam and religion as the most critical ingredients in any situation, people are asking legitimate question about the motives behind the support  given to the campaign. Is it possibly related to the fact that Kareem was criticizing Islam? Responding to the question, “Why Kareem? What About the Others?”, the activists running the “Free Kareem” blog have given an excellent answer to a question on many people’s minds: There are many people who are going through horrific and unimaginable experiences in prison. Many of these people don’t deserve what they are going through. We do realize this unfortunate fact, we never denied it nor do we consider Kareem more important than the many others in similar positions (…) As for the claim that the Western media is paying particular attention to Kareem and are treating him as a “special figure” because of his anti-Islam stance, this is hardly the case. [...] [...] Why is Kareem Amer is getting such attention, not just from the media, but also from politicians and people in the street? In a region where the Western media, armed with its familiar stereotypes and clichés, are used to focusing on Islam and religion as the most critical ingredients in any situation, people are asking legitimate question about the motives behind the support  given to the campaign. Is it possibly related to the fact that Kareem was criticizing Islam? Responding to the question, “Why Kareem? What About the Others?”, the activists running the “Free Kareem” blog have given an excellent answer to a question on many people’s minds: There are many people who are going through horrific and unimaginable experiences in prison. Many of these people don’t deserve what they are going through. We do realize this unfortunate fact, we never denied it nor do we consider Kareem more important than the many others in similar positions (…) As for the claim that the Western media is paying particular attention to Kareem and are treating him as a “special figure” because of his anti-Islam stance, this is hardly the case. [...]

]]> http://www.freekareem.org/2007/03/27/why-kareem-what-about-the-others/comment-page-1/#comment-11417 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Lessons from the Free Kareem campaign Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:58:40 +0000 http://www.freekareem.org/2007/03/27/why-kareem-what-about-the-others/#comment-11417 [...] Why is Kareem Amer is getting such attention, not just from the media, but also from politicians and people in the street? In a region where the Western media, armed with its familiar stereotypes and clichés, are used to focusing on Islam and religion as the most critical ingredients in any situation, people are asking legitimate question about the motives behind the support  given to the campaign. Is it possibly related to the fact that Kareem was criticizing Islam? Responding to the question, “Why Kareem? What About the Others?”, the activists running the “Free Kareem” blog have given an excellent answer to a question on many people’s minds: There are many people who are going through horrific and unimaginable experiences in prison. Many of these people don’t deserve what they are going through. We do realize this unfortunate fact, we never denied it nor do we consider Kareem more important than the many others in similar positions (…) As for the claim that the Western media is paying particular attention to Kareem and are treating him as a “special figure” because of his anti-Islam stance, this is hardly the case. [...] [...] Why is Kareem Amer is getting such attention, not just from the media, but also from politicians and people in the street? In a region where the Western media, armed with its familiar stereotypes and clichés, are used to focusing on Islam and religion as the most critical ingredients in any situation, people are asking legitimate question about the motives behind the support  given to the campaign. Is it possibly related to the fact that Kareem was criticizing Islam? Responding to the question, “Why Kareem? What About the Others?”, the activists running the “Free Kareem” blog have given an excellent answer to a question on many people’s minds: There are many people who are going through horrific and unimaginable experiences in prison. Many of these people don’t deserve what they are going through. We do realize this unfortunate fact, we never denied it nor do we consider Kareem more important than the many others in similar positions (…) As for the claim that the Western media is paying particular attention to Kareem and are treating him as a “special figure” because of his anti-Islam stance, this is hardly the case. [...]

]]> http://www.freekareem.org/2007/03/27/why-kareem-what-about-the-others/comment-page-1/#comment-9911 robert Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:18:25 +0000 http://www.freekareem.org/2007/03/27/why-kareem-what-about-the-others/#comment-9911 i was at the cato website when i saw this story and it immediately caught my attention since egypt is a country whose time for democratic reform has come, this is the most important story in the middle east far greater than the iraq war. the whole free world must come together to free this independent thinker jailed by bunch of morons who use the koran to justify thier despotic tendancies. i will surely raise this issue with the president and my senator in congress. kareem will be free and freedom will come to egypt. i was at the cato website when i saw this story and it immediately caught my attention since egypt is a country whose time for democratic reform has come, this is the most important story in the middle east far greater than the iraq war. the whole free world must come together to free this independent thinker jailed by bunch of morons who use the koran to justify thier despotic tendancies. i will surely raise this issue with the president and my senator in congress. kareem will be free and freedom will come to egypt.

]]> http://www.freekareem.org/2007/03/27/why-kareem-what-about-the-others/comment-page-1/#comment-9515 sybelia Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:54:55 +0000 http://www.freekareem.org/2007/03/27/why-kareem-what-about-the-others/#comment-9515 THank you for caring and being steadfast in defending Kareem. This solidarity and community and caring is what we need to fight all the totalitarian governments. THank you for caring and being steadfast in defending Kareem. This solidarity and community and caring is what we need to fight all the totalitarian governments.

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