"Protesters chanted,
"Down, down with Al-Saud!" referring to the Saudi royal family and
"Screw you, your majesty!" in reference to King Abdullah, the aging
Saudi monarch. The demonstrators called for the expulsion of the Saudi ambassador
in Cairo , and
some raised their shoes alongside a picture of Abdullah, a sign of deep
contempt in the Arab world."
Saudi
twist to cover-up human rights violations:
"The Saudi Embassy in a
statement said el-Gezawi has not been convicted or sentenced in any case.
Instead they said he was being questioned by authorities after airport
officials found more than 20,000 anti-anxiety pills hidden inside his luggage.
It also said he was not wearing white pilgrims' clothes, which they said
indicated he was not making a religious pilgrimage as his family
maintains."
The
reality that exposed religious politics of authoritarianism:
"El-Gezawi's sister said he
had been convicted in absentia and sentenced to a year in prison and 20 lashes
by a Saudi court for insulting the king. However he was not notified of the
court's ruling ahead of his Saudi trip. El-Gezawi had earlier filed a lawsuit
in Egypt
against King Abdullah over the alleged arbitrary detention of hundreds of
Egyptians."
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