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rug

(82,333 posts)
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 12:14 PM Sep 2012

Egypt Christian accused of posting anti-Islam film, being atheist starts hunger strike



Alber Saber reportedly attacked by angry mob for being atheist, posting anti-Islam film clip then arrested by police.

Joseph Mayton | 16 September 2012

CAIRO: On Saturday, a Christian man accused of insulting Islam by posting a clip of the anti-Islam film that provoked anti-American protests in Egypt and across the region, entered a hunger strike to protest his arrest and treatment, his family said.

They also added that prison guards in the country had told other prisoners of his charges, which led to an attack with a razor blade, slashing his neck. His family fears for his life.

An angry mob of Egyptians gathered around Alber Saber’s home on Thursday evening, attacking the building and demanding the man be put to death for his beliefs. Police arrived as the mob grew in size, but instead of dispersing the crowd, the Christian man, Alber Saber, was subsequently arrested.

His charge? He was accused of being an atheist and posting the anti-Islam video on the Egyptian Atheist’s Facebook page. The mob also accused him of disseminating the anti-Islam “film” that has created massive unrest among Muslims in the Islamic world.

http://www.bikyamasr.com/77622/egypt-christian-accused-of-posting-anti-islam-film-being-atheist-starts-hunger-strike/

The facebook page, with the video:

https://www.facebook.com/Egyptians.Atheists

The crowd at his house:



This gets stranger and stranger. Copts? Atheists? Al Qaeda?
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Egypt Christian accused of posting anti-Islam film, being atheist starts hunger strike (Original Post) rug Sep 2012 OP
Bizarre. They didn't arrest anyone who attacked him? cbayer Sep 2012 #1
Bizarre is the word. rug Sep 2012 #2
Agree. They may have needed tinder and found exactly what they wanted. cbayer Sep 2012 #3
Lets see, 33 % of the people are illiterate LARED Sep 2012 #4
Well this is what some Posts were advocating we do...arrest the filmmaker for incitement. dkf Sep 2012 #5

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
1. Bizarre. They didn't arrest anyone who attacked him?
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 12:46 PM
Sep 2012

But then again, what in the world was he thinking?

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
2. Bizarre is the word.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 12:57 PM
Sep 2012

I'm convinced these attacks on the embassies were coordinated and planned in advance for political reasons. The power in these North African countries is up for grabs. What I'm unclear on is what role this stupid little video played. It's been floating around for months. It is unlikely to be a coincidence. I suspect somebody posted and publicized it now to trigger the planned protests. I can't belive this is a spontaneous reaction to an old youtube clip. Whoever did it apparently thinks the world is gullible enough to buy the tawdry narrative that's being pushed.

Time will tell.

 

LARED

(11,735 posts)
4. Lets see, 33 % of the people are illiterate
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 01:19 PM
Sep 2012

living in a county now run by the Muslim Brotherhood, Unemplyment at >12%, Long standing intolerance for religous freedom; is any one surprised?

 

dkf

(37,305 posts)
5. Well this is what some Posts were advocating we do...arrest the filmmaker for incitement.
Sun Sep 16, 2012, 02:27 PM
Sep 2012

Funny how that works.

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