Sympathizing with Iraqis a Crime in Saudi Arabia?

By Emad el-Sayed,  May 30, 2008

CAIRO: Tragedy has overtaken the family of Ibrahim El-Sayed Mohamed Al-Sadiq who went missing inside Saudi territory a year ago leaving behind a little girl named Shahd who never stopped asking about her father.

The details of the tragedy are recounted by Ibrahim’s father who gave up hope that he would find his missing son and says he has received no support from the Egyptian Foreign Ministry.

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The father says that he sent a message to the Emir of Jeddah, demanding to know the reason for Ibrahim’s arrest, and was told that the charge was his sympathy with the Iraqi people. If there are genuine charges to be leveled against Ibrahim, then he should be given the chance of a fair trial, says the father.