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| Egypt Arrests Sunni Scholar Sentenced to Death |
| 2014-06-15 |
[An Nahar] Egyptian police juggedMaw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! Saturday a runaway Sunni scholar who had been sentenced to death in absentia in a trial involving the leader of the Moslem Brüderbund, state media reported. Abdallah Hassan Barakat, a former senior academic at the prestigious Al-Azhar University, was arrested at a checkpoint in Cairo, the official MENA news agency reported. He was travelling in a car with his son and two of his brothers. Barakat was among 10 runaways sentenced to death earlier this month in a case in which Moslem Brüderbund chief Mohammed Badie and 37 others, all in jug, are awaiting a verdict on July 5. They are accused of inciting violence in which two people were killed in the Nile Delta city of Qaliub, only days after the military ousted president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... last July. Under Egyptian law, Barakat is now entitled to a retrial. After the army ousted Morsi, Badie and thousands of the deposed president's supporters were arrested in a police crackdown that also left more than 1,400 dead. Hundreds have already been sentenced to death in often speedy trials. Police also arrested 22 other members of the Moslem Brüderbund on Saturday who were on the run and were wanted in several cases, security officials said. |
| Posted by:Fred |