http://www.trurodaily.com/Canada---World/Society/2010-10-13/article-1844598/Egypt-arrests-group-of-Shiites-over-religious-insult,-says-they-challenged-Sunni-Islam-tenets/1
Egypt arrests group of Shiites over religious insult, says they challenged Sunni Islam tenets Published on October 13th, 2010 CAIRO - Judicial officials say a dozen Muslim Shiites have been arrested in Cairo for religious insults and challenging Sunni tenets of Islam. The officials say the group includes an Australian and two Iraqis but provided no further details. The officials spoke Wednesday on conditions of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. It's unclear when the arrests occurred. The family of Safaa al-Awwadi, who is from Perth and was among the arrested, told Australian media he didn't come home in August. Sunni Egypt has a minuscule Shiite community. The Sunni-Shiite division stems from a dispute over who should have succeeded Prophet Muhammad as a caliph. Shiites believe Muhammad anointed his cousin Ali as his successor, which Sunnis deny. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [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/
