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Egypt [apartheid]: Activists Detained for Advocating for Shi`a Minority
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| Oct 6, 2007
Posted on 11/04/2007 2:52:42 PM PST by Posting
Egypt: Activists Detained for Advocating for Shi`a Minority
Human Rights Watch (press release) - Oct 6, 2007
The two men were arrested after also criticizing the prevalence of torture in Egyptian prisons. The charges equate defending Shi`ism with an attack on Islam ...
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2007/10/06/egypt17042.htm
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arabs; egypt; humanrights; islam; muslims; rop; shiism; shiites; sniism; sunnis
In my opinion, Shia is no better than Sunni, but it's interesting how these same Arab Muslim leaders utter the word "apartheid" on someone that fights Islamofascistic terrorists.
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11/04/2007 2:52:45 PM PST
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Posting
To: Posting
In my opinion, Shia is no better than Sunni
Same here. The only difference between them is their idea of who gets to be a caliph. One group believes anyone can be one, the other thinks only the descendents of the first caliph can be one. All this fighting and extremism between them based on their beliefs on who gets to be a caliph. Sad.
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11/04/2007 3:03:47 PM PST
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G8 Diplomat
(Pelosi--pissed off Turkey, supported SCHIP, really jerky, and full of sh|t)
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