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Mubarak Political Opponent Recieves Five Years In An Egyptian Prison For Alleged "Voter Fraud"

Mubarak Political Opponent Recieves Five Years In An Egyptian Prison For Alleged "Voter Fraud"

An Egyptian court sentenced opposition politician and former presidential candidate Ayman Nour, age 41, to five years in jail on "forgery" charges Saturday.

Nour is the leader of the liberal Ghad (Tomorrow) Party and the main challenger to President Hosni Mubarak in the September elections. He has been held in an Egyptian prison and been on a hunger strike for the past two plus weeks.

His lawyer, Amir Salim said, "This is a black day for this court ... This is injustice...."

President Bush is calling for the immediate release of Mr. Nour and Mr. Nour's wife is holding multiple prayer vigiles for him.

The evident "forgeries" were the signatures Mr. Nour recived as votes for him in the election, whereby he recieved 8% of the vote (and Mubarak recieved 89%). Nour maintains that these are actual signatures; the Egyptian court maintains they
are/were "forgeries".

Meanwhile, the Christian Science Monitor is reporting that the Muslim Brotherhood has TRIPLED it's presence in parliment within the first 5 rounds (out of 6) in the election, not exactly enhancing Egypt's relationship with the Western World to say the least

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Coptic Christians Get Their Own Satellite TV Station Amid Grave Tensions in Egypt

Coptic Christians Get Their Own Satellite TV Station Amid Grave Tensions in Egypt

Fears are arising amid Egypt's Christian minority as the Coptic Church is about to launch its own Satellite TV station this month.

Proponents of the channel see it as an essential means to have their voices heard, while others fear it will add to the majority-Muslim anger towards the group as a whole.

The channel will be called Aghapy TV and is scheduled to begin broadcasting on November 14th on Telstar channel 12. Aghapy means "love" in the native Coptic language. Telstar is a US satellite company which provides feed to Egypt and various other African countries.

Aghapy executive director Bishopy al-Antony is quoted as saying that "the channel is under the guidance of (Coptic) Pope Shenuda III himself, who appointed a general committee of 13 Bishops".

The channel's emblem will be a picture of a glowing Jesus with a Coptic cross. The station will broadcast out of a convent in NE Cairo. The channel will discuss only issues from a Coptic point of view.

According to Father al-Antony, it is very difficult to build churches in Egypt and since 1951 the Coptic Church has been attempting to acquire a radio station in Egypt to no avail. So for them, this is a major step.

Coptic make up the largest sect of Christianity in the Middle East and comprised 10% of Egypt's population of 74 million.

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Egyptian Islamists Seriously Threaten Egyptian Christians

Egyptian Islamists Seriously Threaten Egyptian Christians

A play was performed at a Church in Moharrambey, Alexandria and a mob surrounded the church claiming the play insulted Islam and the prophet Mohammed.

This statement is a reaction to that event.

Here is a partial translation of the speech:

"We have already warned the Jews and the Americans to get out of Egypt....Now we hear this...."

"In a Crusaders' Church in Moharrambey, Alexandria a play was performed where Mohammed, the best of the messengers, was defiled and insulted. When we heard this with our very own ears, we wanted to destroy the church and everyone in it...but what we saw put us in even more shock.

"There were government officials there in the form of intelligence, police and national security!! All are dogs of the worst kind!!...."

"Just for this the mujahadeen of Egypt have decided to proclaim this: Any pig priest who is the head of a church and makes a speech, he is now a target of the Mujahadeen until he presents himself as a sacrificial lamb within 72 hours.

"We know you will not do that so let the world know this: So long as there is anyone who opposes Allah's religion in Egypt, the mujahadeen of Egypt are waiting for them."

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Brigades of Martyr Abdullah Azzam (Egypt) Pledges Loyalty to Sheik Osama Bin Laden

Abdulla Azzam was the second in command to Abu Mussab al Zarqawi. He was killed by US forces in a raid of "safe houses" in Tal Afar. Zarqawi's people attempted to deny that Azzam was his second hand man, putting out a statement that he was a "mere foot soldier". However, various intel sources discredit that.

Here's a partial translation:

"Congradulations to the Ummah for the month of Ramadan!! This is the month of victories, blessings and prayers. Our prayers mostly go out to our blessed lions in Palestin, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Chechnya....."

".... we are giving the good news that we, the Brigades of the Martyr Abdulla Azzam pledge our loyalty to today's great leader Sheik Usama bin Ladin. We promise our obedience to him in good times as well as bad. We will carry out this jihad and we will not quit!...."

Abu Hamsa al-Mazri
Official Spokesman of Abdullah Azzam Brigades
AQ organization of al-Sham in the Land of Egypt

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