Another Quranist is arrested in Egypt
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Today I received a letter from my comrade Prof. Ahmad Subhy Mansour, an Islamic Reformer. Subhy was a professor at al-Azhar University and was forced to immigrate to the USA His group is called Quraists since they reject the volumes of religious liturgy fabricated after prophet Muhammad which transformed the progressive message of islam, that is surrender to God in peace, into a regressive religion that is inflicted with polytheism, violence, misogyny, racism, superstitions, hundreds of instructions that turn an adherent's life to torture?. Ahmad wanted me to share with others so that Americans would know about the hypocrisy of our government.. Please share this article with others, so that they do not vote for McCain who would surely continue the same policy of allying with dictators, such as the modern Pharaoh, Mubarak
Is it a fourth wave to arrest Quranists?
On Sunday night, October 26, 2008, Mustafa Kamel Mohamed Ali, IQC's president Ahmed Subhy Mansour's cousin, was called into Egyptian State 's Security office and hasn't been released yet, until the writing of this press release. Mustafa has no intellectual, political, or even religious interests. His only association is that he lives in an old apartment owned by Dr. Mansour. He did not meet Dr. Mansour since the year 2000, nearly two years before Dr. Mansour travels to U.S.
Later in the day, a state security force came to Abu-Hariez village in Sharkia district, where Dr. Mansour's extended family resides. They arrested Mr. Reda Abdelrahman Ali, a relative of Dr. Mansour who is an Islamic reformer and teaches at Al-Azhar schools and publishes his articles and researches on many online websites, including them Ahl-Aquran website, the voice of the International Quranic Center. The force confiscated Reda's personal computer, arrested him, and he wasn't released yet, until the writing of this press release. It worth mentioning that Reda has been punished before by Sheikh of Al-Azhar for the reformative points of view that he expresses in his writings.
This also comes after a few days when the Egyptian security forces had intimidated the family of Dr. Mansour's other cousin, Dr. Osman Mohamed Ali's, who is currently a political asylee in Canada and who, too, writes regularly at Ahl-Alquran website. These consequent events by the Egyptian government reveal systematic policy of harassing, intimidating, persecuting Quranists in Egypt, especially those who are related to Dr. Mansour.
The International Quranic Center condemns such unlawful, unjustified, acts of the security forces to peaceful Egyptian individuals who are merely targeted for their peaceful expression of their opinions. The center also considers the Interior Minister personally responsible for the safety of Dr. Mansour's family in Egypt . Finally, the center confirms that it will not be silenced by this policy of the Egyptian regime, namely taking innocents as hostages to stop peaceful reformers from continuing their journey.
http//www.ahl-alquran.com/English/show_news.php?main_id=3817
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Thank you Wakas for this information...
Peace,
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I certainly do not agree with the behavior of the Egyptian government but Mansour's website is filled with political activists perhaps even more than religious thinkers. This is irresponsible behavior. Mansour also has cold shouldered many other Koranist and strikes me as someone who has a secular political plan. Thats cool, but he should not use the Koran to further these type of interests. His website should have been like this one here that does not have a political activity.
Just my two cents
