Cairo – Around 100 Islamists have protested near the U.S. Embassy in Cairo against the detention of Egyptian-born Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, serving a life sentence in the U.S. for a plot to blow up New York City landmarks.
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Known as the “Blind Sheik,” he was the spiritual leader of men convicted in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Supporters of the 73 year-old sheik say they will not end their sit-in until he is repatriated to Egypt on humanitarian grounds.
Abdel-Rahman is diabetic and while in prison has waged hunger strikes and shunned his insulin.
His son, Mohamed, told reporters on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that Abdel-Rahman is a victim of ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s anti-Islamist policies, and his close ties to the U.S. helped ensure his arrest.
The Arab spring has sprung. When do the Jordan and Syria freedom fighters appears?
he looks like santa with sun glasses.
LOL
Another funny story. Read the article. 100 people showed up. Why does this even make the news?
He’s just a peaceful, peace-loving imam in the great peace loving religion of peace.
That’s what President Obama said after 9/11, wasn’t it?
Oh, wait, that was President BUSH who started that PC nonsense on 9/12/01.