Article on Imprisoned Egyptian Blogger Abdelkareem

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR2007022701456.html?nav=rss_opinion

The latest case in point is a blogger named Abdel Kareem Nabil Soliman, who was sentenced to four years in prison last week on charges of religious incitement, disrupting public order and "insulting the president." A brave and provocative 22-year-old student, Mr. Soliman first achieved notice with postings that denounced riots in Alexandria directed at Egypt's Christian Copt minority. He said the brutality he witnessed was the result of extremist Islamic teachings, in part by his own university, Al-Azhar, which he called "the other face of al-Qaeda." He compared the prophet Muhammad to Israel's Ariel Sharon. And he said Mr. Mubarak was a "symbol of tyranny."



It is important that this brave student be freed. No telling how long he will last in on of Mubarak's prisons. Visit Freekareem.org or checkout the Facebook groups. There are several petitions on these site as well as information on how to contact the Egyptian Embassy. You can also write your congressmen. So far only Barney Frank and some Republican whose name I have forgotten are the only two US representatives to write letters to the Egyptian embassy.