http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/23/africa/ME-GEN-Saudi-Play-Sentence.php
Saudi court convicts 5 extremists for causing mayhem at play on moderation in Islam CAIRO, Egypt: A Saudi court has convicted five Muslim extremists for disrupting a university play advocating moderation in Islam, said the lawyer of one defendant on Tuesday. Mayhem of the likes rarely seen in Saudi Arabia's highly controlled society ensued November last year during the play by students of Yemama college. The Qatar-based Al-Jazeera satellite TV channel broadcast grainy footage Tuesday showing men in long white robes and checkered headdresses throwing chairs and pushing one another on a stage. The Criminal Court in Riyadh on Monday sentenced one defendant to two months in prison, one to 45 days, one to 10 days and two to five days for acts of violence, the lawyer of one of the defendants said. Eight others were acquitted. The attorney spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals because the Saudi press did not report Monday's verdicts. It was not clear why the newspapers did not report the court's verdicts. But the Saudi press did report the clashes at the time of the incident. Students, celebrating a "cultural week," were performing a play that advocates moderation in Islam when several extremist students jumped on the stage, destroyed the set, and attacked the performers before police intervened, the reports said. One newspaper at the time quoted Ahmed al-Issa, the dean of Yemama college and the playwright, as saying the attacks began even before the play started. Another report quoted actor Habib al-Habib as describing the attackers as "extremists who are trying to kill moderation." Saudi leader King Abdullah, whose country applies a strict interpretation Islamic law, has been calling for reforms and is trying to foster an image of the kingdom beyond being the former home of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and a breeding ground for Islamic extremism. Saudi Arabia was home to 15 of the 19 men who conducted the Sept. 11 attacks. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
