Egypt's Islamic tyrants arrested Christian Human Rights activists
I wish I'd posted this earlier, but was so swamped in the past week, I wasn't able to. But now, here's some news via Sliwa about one of Egypt's Muslim dictatorship's latest acts of totalitarianism:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEI may have said it before, and I'll certainly say it now: put sanctions upon Mubarak's gang!
Christian Solidarity International (CSI)
August 10, 2007
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Egypt Arrests Christian Human Rights Activists
WASHINGTON: On August 8, members of the Egypt's State Security Investigations (SSI) arrested Christian activists Adel Fawzy Faltas and Peter Ezzat Mounir in Cairo. The arrests are part of Egypt's alarming and growing trend of state-sponsored persecution of Christians.
Although no formal charges have been announced, SSI officials claim the two men insulted Islam, preached Christianity, incited Christian-Muslim confrontation, and maintained an unlawful association with a foreign organization.
Egyptian government officials routinely torture prisoners within the first three days of arrest.
The prisoners are being held incommunicado at the Lazoghly Square headquarters of the SSI. Attempts by their attorneys to contact the accused have been unsuccessful. Other Christians have been targeted and are now in hiding in fear of arrest and torture.
Adel Fawzy Faltas heads the Egyptian branch of the Canadian-based Middle East Christian Association (MECA) - a religious liberty organization. Peter Ezzat Mounir is believed to be a MECA associate. MECA's corporate identity statement calls for secularism, equality and full citizenship for Christians living in Egypt and the broader Middle East.
The arrests follow increased MECA activity in Egypt, including the submission of a law suit against Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and other members of the Egyptian government on behalf of victims of the anti-Christian al-Kosheh riots of 2000, during which time 21 Christians were killed; the distribution of a book documenting the persecution of Egyptian Christians, and the highly publicized advocacy on behalf of the right of a convert to Christianity who had petitioned to legally change his religious identity.
Writing today to U.S. President George Bush, CSI-USA’s Chairman Dr. John Eibner said:
The arrests of Messrs. Fawzy Faltas and Ezzat Mounir take place against a background of increasing state-sponsored persecution of Christians in Egypt and growing intolerance of Christians and other religious minorities throughout the Middle East. If present trends of violence, intimidation and discrimination continue, the tragic fate of oriental Jewry could soon befall Middle Eastern Christians.
Dr. Eibner also urged President Bush to "request from Egypt ’s head of state, Pres. Hosni Mubarak, the immediate release of the three Christian prisoners, and to impress upon him the need for Egypt to respect the internationally confirmed human rights of religious and secular minorities."
Labels: Christianity, Egypt, islam, political corruption
