Egypt sentenced 12 to death over affiliation with Islamic State
[AlAhram] Egyptian court sentenced 12 citizens to death Saturday on charges of being affiliated to the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
(IS) group.
The defendants were accused of forming a terrorist cell aimed at overthrowing the government, targeting security personnel and disrupting the provisions of the constitution, in the Delta governorate of Sharqiya.
A key defendant in the case, Khaled Maghawry, is accused of "recruiting youths and sending them to Syria and Iraq to receive training [on jihadism] and how to use weapons."
Six of the defendants are being tried in absentia while the rest are behind bars. Defendants can appeal against the verdict.
Posted by: trailing wife 2015-09-13 |