Post by Anja Nieser on Oct 1, 2006 6:10:28 GMT -5
Muslim Journalist Faces Death Penalty For Printing Pro-Israel Articles
A court in Bangladesh is scheduled to try a Muslim journalist for writing
articles favorable to Israel. The country's laws state that the
journalist, Salah Uddin Choudhury, could receive a death sentence.
He is editor of an English weekly printed in Dakha, in which he has been
critical of Muslim extremism while writing favorably of Israel. He was
arrested in 2003 at the Dhaka airport before boarding a flight to Israel
where he was to speak on promoting Muslim-Jewish relations.
Bangladesh, ruled by Muslims, did not press charges but re-arrested
Choudhury after he printed articles warning of Muslim terrorists and
urging the government recognize Israel.
(source: Israel National News)
A court in Bangladesh is scheduled to try a Muslim journalist for writing
articles favorable to Israel. The country's laws state that the
journalist, Salah Uddin Choudhury, could receive a death sentence.
He is editor of an English weekly printed in Dakha, in which he has been
critical of Muslim extremism while writing favorably of Israel. He was
arrested in 2003 at the Dhaka airport before boarding a flight to Israel
where he was to speak on promoting Muslim-Jewish relations.
Bangladesh, ruled by Muslims, did not press charges but re-arrested
Choudhury after he printed articles warning of Muslim terrorists and
urging the government recognize Israel.
(source: Israel National News)