In Oct. 2010 a letter was sent by MESA, [Middle East Studies Association], to the President of Egypt, Husni Mubarrak, --
"to express grave concern regarding numerous recent violations against students on several Egyptian university campuses. As soon as the academic year began in September, university security forces and administrators on several campuses set about punishing and assaulting students engaged in lawful, peaceful activism."
The full letter can be read here.
The alledged abuse and treatment of the student activists aside, the letter is revealing for another reason.
The following excerpts from the letter are very informative as to the involvement of the Muslim Brotherhood, ["Muslim Brothers"], behind Mohamed Elbaradei's "reformer" movement:
"On September 27, the head of the university security forces and three other officers at Fayoum University beat and kicked student Hisham Yahya for his refusal to be searched at the campus gates. Yahya had participated in collecting student signatures on reform advocate Mohamed ElBaradie’s program of political reform."
"On September 29, five students at Ain Shams University supporting ElBaradei’s reform program were detained for four hours by university security forces and verbally assaulted, kicked, beaten, and burned with cigarettes on the palms of their hands. The prosecution referred the students to the medical examiner to prepare a report on their injuries."
"At Kafr al-Shaykh University, student Muhammad ‘Amer was suspended for one week and student Hasan Gom’a was suspended for two weeks, both without due process, for distributing to incoming students semester schedules signed by students of the Muslim Brothers."
" At Banha University, the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering suspended 11 Muslim Brother students for one month for their “Refomers” campaign greeting incoming students and collecting signatures for ElBaradei’s reform program."
" At Fayoum University, five students were suspended for one month for their “Reformers” campaign collecting signatures for ElBaradei’s reform program."
"At Mansoura University, 12 students were referred to a disciplinary hearing for putting up posters on campus advertising the “Reformers” campaign."
" At Menoufiyya University, 17 Muslim Brother students were suspended for one month for putting up posters of the “Reformers” campaign."
" At Ain Shams University, third-year law student Essam Muhammad was searched and detained by university security forces. Muhammad was then interrogated by the University’s legal affairs office for distributing leaflets, and the administration issued a decree barring him from sitting for fall semester exams."
The Muslim Brotherhood: Islam's Global Challenge to the West:
"The Muslim Brotherhood [MB] is one of the most dangerous Islamic groups in the world today, not only because it supports terrorism-providing political and financial support for its Palestinian branch, Hamas for example--but because it is part of a global Islamist network and promotes an ideology that encourages extremism and terrorism."-read the rest.
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