Comments on: Arabisc: Bloggers Rally to Kareem's Support http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 27 May 2012 16:56:01 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Global Voices Online » Yemen: Free Kareem Site Blocked http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-3/#comment-1372429 Global Voices Online » Yemen: Free Kareem Site Blocked Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:43:00 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-1372429 [...] in his country. Free Kareem was set up by activists to call for the release of Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabil Sulaiman, who has been sentenced to four years for insulting Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and Islam on [...] [...] in his country. Free Kareem was set up by activists to call for the release of Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabil Sulaiman, who has been sentenced to four years for insulting Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and Islam on [...]

]]> By: Global Voices amin’ ny teny malagasy » Blog Archive » Egypta : Maharay 100$ isam-bolana ny mpiblaogy Kareem http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-3/#comment-1212930 Global Voices amin’ ny teny malagasy » Blog Archive » Egypta : Maharay 100$ isam-bolana ny mpiblaogy Kareem Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:25:03 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-1212930 [...] eran-tany. Tsahivina fa ny fahadisoana nanamelohana ny mpiblaogy Egyptiana Kareem Sulaiman higadra higadra efatra taona dia ny « fanalam-baraka » ny fivavahana Mozolmanà sy ny fanopàna ny filoham-pirenena (hajaina) [...] [...] eran-tany. Tsahivina fa ny fahadisoana nanamelohana ny mpiblaogy Egyptiana Kareem Sulaiman higadra higadra efatra taona dia ny « fanalam-baraka » ny fivavahana Mozolmanà sy ny fanopàna ny filoham-pirenena (hajaina) [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Egypt: Kareem Gets $100 a month http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-3/#comment-1212707 Global Voices Online » Egypt: Kareem Gets $100 a month Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:14:51 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-1212707 [...] is sending $100 a month to jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Sulaiman, who has been sentenced to four years in prison for defaming Islam and insulting Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Share [...] [...] is sending $100 a month to jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Sulaiman, who has been sentenced to four years in prison for defaming Islam and insulting Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. Share [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Egypt: Another Blogger Arrested http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1185160 Global Voices Online » Egypt: Another Blogger Arrested Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:49:05 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-1185160 [...] February 22, Egyptian Blogger Abdel kareem Nabil Soliman Amer was sentenced to four years in prison for his writings. He is spending three years in jail for his writings on the Sunni Al-Azhar [...] [...] February 22, Egyptian Blogger Abdel kareem Nabil Soliman Amer was sentenced to four years in prison for his writings. He is spending three years in jail for his writings on the Sunni Al-Azhar [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Arabeyes: On Selling a Palestinian Kidney and Changing the Israeli Flag http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1055701 Global Voices Online » Arabeyes: On Selling a Palestinian Kidney and Changing the Israeli Flag Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:41:41 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-1055701 [...] Abdul Monem Mahmood, a Muslim Brotherhood blogger, was arrested by State Security on April 15 for articles he wrote online. Though different in ideologies, fears are that he will share the same fate as his country-blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman. It is no wonder then that Sandmonkey has given up blogging and Ala’a is no longer a blogger. أنا أصلا مش مدون، يعني قلب كده في المدونة مش هتلاقينا قمنا بأي عمل يندرج تحت الصحافة الشعبية، ولا أنا بعبر عن نفسي بجد بدليل أني تقريبا مكتبتش عن أي حاجة مهمة بالنسبة لي بجد، لا كتبت عن مراتي ولا أهلي ولا كتبت عن الكوميكس ولا كتبت عن البرمجيات الحرة و الهوة الرقمية و لا عن شغلي ولا أي حاجة ليها القيمة في التكنولوجيا ولا عن أفلام ولا موسيقى بحبها. حتى السجن مكتبتش عنه بجد. [...] [...] Abdul Monem Mahmood, a Muslim Brotherhood blogger, was arrested by State Security on April 15 for articles he wrote online. Though different in ideologies, fears are that he will share the same fate as his country-blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman. It is no wonder then that Sandmonkey has given up blogging and Ala’a is no longer a blogger. أنا أصلا مش مدون، يعني قلب كده في المدونة مش هتلاقينا قمنا بأي عمل يندرج تحت الصحافة الشعبية، ولا أنا بعبر عن نفسي بجد بدليل أني تقريبا مكتبتش عن أي حاجة مهمة بالنسبة لي بجد، لا كتبت عن مراتي ولا أهلي ولا كتبت عن الكوميكس ولا كتبت عن البرمجيات الحرة و الهوة الرقمية و لا عن شغلي ولا أي حاجة ليها القيمة في التكنولوجيا ولا عن أفلام ولا موسيقى بحبها. حتى السجن مكتبتش عنه بجد. [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Egypt: From Kareem to Mahmood http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1009167 Global Voices Online » Egypt: From Kareem to Mahmood Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:06:25 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-1009167 [...] But while the first - Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman - got all the attention a four-year-sentence could muster for insulting Islam and Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the second, - Abdul Monem Mahmood - who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, is not as lucky. “It isn’t surprising to see this happen - but it is surprising to see the lack of concern among the same people who were pretty loudly expressing their dismay at the arrest and imprisonment of Abdelkareem Soliman. “The big difference between the two? Abdelkareem was heavily anti-Islamic in his writings and Mahmoud blogs for the Muslim Brotherhood. That’s all I can really see,” explains Gara. Ironically, Mahmoud actually got some attention for writing in support of Abdelkareem. Just for some context here, lets remember Abdelkareem is the guy who wrote that [...] [...] But while the first – Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman – got all the attention a four-year-sentence could muster for insulting Islam and Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the second, – Abdul Monem Mahmood – who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, is not as lucky. “It isn’t surprising to see this happen – but it is surprising to see the lack of concern among the same people who were pretty loudly expressing their dismay at the arrest and imprisonment of Abdelkareem Soliman. “The big difference between the two? Abdelkareem was heavily anti-Islamic in his writings and Mahmoud blogs for the Muslim Brotherhood. That’s all I can really see,” explains Gara. Ironically, Mahmoud actually got some attention for writing in support of Abdelkareem. Just for some context here, lets remember Abdelkareem is the guy who wrote that [...]

]]> By: Lessons from the Free Kareem campaign at Global Voices Advocacy http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-2/#comment-1007383 Lessons from the Free Kareem campaign at Global Voices Advocacy Fri, 20 Apr 2007 11:33:03 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-1007383 [...] Even though the “Free Kareem” campaign has not yet achieved its primary goal of getting the 22-old blogger Kareem Nabel Sulaiman released from the prison where he is sentenced to spend the next four years for insulting Islam and the Egyptian president Hosni Moubarek, support for the case is growing rapidly, both online and offline. Even those who may not agree with the things he wrote on his personal blog — or the manner in which he wrote them — are expressing solidarity with Kareem by signing petitions, demonstrating in the streets, blogging about the case and adding his banner to their sites and blogs. Worldwide rallies designed to help “Free Kareem” have taken place in front of several Egyptian embassies around the globe and the case has caught the attention of both mainstream and citizen media. [...] [...] Even though the “Free Kareem” campaign has not yet achieved its primary goal of getting the 22-old blogger Kareem Nabel Sulaiman released from the prison where he is sentenced to spend the next four years for insulting Islam and the Egyptian president Hosni Moubarek, support for the case is growing rapidly, both online and offline. Even those who may not agree with the things he wrote on his personal blog — or the manner in which he wrote them — are expressing solidarity with Kareem by signing petitions, demonstrating in the streets, blogging about the case and adding his banner to their sites and blogs. Worldwide rallies designed to help “Free Kareem” have taken place in front of several Egyptian embassies around the globe and the case has caught the attention of both mainstream and citizen media. [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Lessons from the Free Kareem campaign http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-2/#comment-944845 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Lessons from the Free Kareem campaign Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:59:55 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-944845 [...] Even though the “Free Kareem” campaign has not yet achieved its primary goal of getting the 22-old blogger Kareem Nabel Sulaiman released from the prison where he is sentenced to spend the next four years for insulting Islam and the Egyptian president Hosni Moubarek, support for the case is growing rapidly, both online and offline. Even those who may not agree with the things he wrote on his personal blog — or the manner in which he wrote them — are expressing solidarity with Kareem by signing petitions, demonstrating in the streets, blogging about the case and adding his banner to their sites and blogs. Worldwide rallies designed to help “Free Kareem” have taken place in front of several Egyptian embassies around the globe and the case has caught the attention of both mainstream and citizen media. [...] [...] Even though the “Free Kareem” campaign has not yet achieved its primary goal of getting the 22-old blogger Kareem Nabel Sulaiman released from the prison where he is sentenced to spend the next four years for insulting Islam and the Egyptian president Hosni Moubarek, support for the case is growing rapidly, both online and offline. Even those who may not agree with the things he wrote on his personal blog — or the manner in which he wrote them — are expressing solidarity with Kareem by signing petitions, demonstrating in the streets, blogging about the case and adding his banner to their sites and blogs. Worldwide rallies designed to help “Free Kareem” have taken place in front of several Egyptian embassies around the globe and the case has caught the attention of both mainstream and citizen media. [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Egypt: Bloggers Arrested in Anti-Government Rally http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-2/#comment-861881 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Egypt: Bloggers Arrested in Anti-Government Rally Fri, 16 Mar 2007 20:55:09 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-861881 [...] Nora Younis, who is in the US, also continues to update her story as more details emerge. “Reading the list at Alaa’s blog I stopped breathing. I have been also reading lists for days and days at Abdel Monem blog - ana ikhwan and everyday carries more numbers and faces behind bars. The day will come when I will read the name list of government officials and state security generals held accountable for their crimes Mr. Mubarak. Your suggested constitution is farce and you already know it. It wouldn’t hurt your aging delicate ears to hear it once more in Tahrir Square - would it? You sell yourself internationally as a secular regime while you impose on us article II of the constitution and use it to discriminate against Copts, Baha’is, other Egyptian citizens and Abdel Kereem. You sell yourself locally as a religious government while you crush the Muslim Brotherhood. You make sense no more!” she writes. [...] [...] Nora Younis, who is in the US, also continues to update her story as more details emerge. “Reading the list at Alaa’s blog I stopped breathing. I have been also reading lists for days and days at Abdel Monem blog – ana ikhwan and everyday carries more numbers and faces behind bars. The day will come when I will read the name list of government officials and state security generals held accountable for their crimes Mr. Mubarak. Your suggested constitution is farce and you already know it. It wouldn’t hurt your aging delicate ears to hear it once more in Tahrir Square – would it? You sell yourself internationally as a secular regime while you impose on us article II of the constitution and use it to discriminate against Copts, Baha’is, other Egyptian citizens and Abdel Kereem. You sell yourself locally as a religious government while you crush the Muslim Brotherhood. You make sense no more!” she writes. [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Egypt: Jailed Egyptian Blogger Kareem Wins Award http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-2/#comment-857115 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Egypt: Jailed Egyptian Blogger Kareem Wins Award Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:28:22 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-857115 [...] Jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman won the 2007 Hugo Young Award for Journalism at the 7th Annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Ceremony, according to Free Kareem, a website dedicated to his freedom. Amira Al Hussaini [...] [...] Jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman won the 2007 Hugo Young Award for Journalism at the 7th Annual Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Ceremony, according to Free Kareem, a website dedicated to his freedom. Amira Al Hussaini [...]

]]> By: The Middle East: Blogging & Prison « The Daily Transit http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-2/#comment-844253 The Middle East: Blogging & Prison « The Daily Transit Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:58:26 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-844253 [...] The Middle East: Blogging & Prison Published March 11th, 2007 World Events , Thoughts , Politics , Journalism Blogging against Islam or the nation-state is dangerous territory - and that fact is too well known by Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman. [...] [...] The Middle East: Blogging & Prison Published March 11th, 2007 World Events , Thoughts , Politics , Journalism Blogging against Islam or the nation-state is dangerous territory – and that fact is too well known by Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman. [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Syrian Blogsphere: Free Kareem, Towards a Democratic Syria, Arabism and More http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-2/#comment-772113 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Syrian Blogsphere: Free Kareem, Towards a Democratic Syria, Arabism and More Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:05:38 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-772113 [...] The Syrian blogsphere reacted to the news about the sentencing of Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabil Sulaiman with disgust. Abu Kareem from Levantine Dreamhouse wrote… The language of the charges is sickeningly familiar. It is the language that paranoid authoritarian governments use when they feel threatened, when someone tells the TRUTH. They ring hollow as if drawn up by a bored bureaucrat, the same set of charges paraded out thousands of times before; all they had to do was change the name of the accused. And for what? Abdel Kareem just expressed his thoughts, he did not incite or threaten violence, he did not undermine the security of the country. His only true crime is that of having and expressing critical thoughts, an inexcusable deviance for an autocratic and corrupt regime much more difficult to deal with than a bomb tossing terrorist. Citizens of such countries are expected to be subservient automatons without critical thought. They are supposed to act like castrated sheep, bleating meekly and bowing to the almighty, infallible leader, Hosni Mubarak (or Bashar al-Assad, or, or…..). [...] [...] The Syrian blogsphere reacted to the news about the sentencing of Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabil Sulaiman with disgust. Abu Kareem from Levantine Dreamhouse wrote… The language of the charges is sickeningly familiar. It is the language that paranoid authoritarian governments use when they feel threatened, when someone tells the TRUTH. They ring hollow as if drawn up by a bored bureaucrat, the same set of charges paraded out thousands of times before; all they had to do was change the name of the accused. And for what? Abdel Kareem just expressed his thoughts, he did not incite or threaten violence, he did not undermine the security of the country. His only true crime is that of having and expressing critical thoughts, an inexcusable deviance for an autocratic and corrupt regime much more difficult to deal with than a bomb tossing terrorist. Citizens of such countries are expected to be subservient automatons without critical thought. They are supposed to act like castrated sheep, bleating meekly and bowing to the almighty, infallible leader, Hosni Mubarak (or Bashar al-Assad, or, or…..). [...]

]]> By: saran http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-2/#comment-769442 saran Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:08:29 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-769442 I am saran, a geek living in US, I just read this news, and shocked, I don’t know about the much about the laws in that country, If he hurts anyone, they would have given warning couple of times and asked him to remove the post, but 4 years jail means, its too much, and unacceptable, we are living in the world where maturity increasing rapidly, and after hundreds years we are going to know there is no God concepts, everything happening by chemical reactions, objects delivering its properties, science going to find out everything, I am not sure why lot of countries still sticking rules around a “block box” concepts. All the people that we are praying, believing as a God is/are good people in the past, they thought ethics to people, they told how to live, what is important, they removed animal behaviors from us, they tried to remove negative thinking from our brains etc, that’s what still we are remembering them, building temple for them, praying them and believing them. Kareem you should come out from all the struggles soon and continue your education. Kind regards Saran I am saran, a geek living in US, I just read this news, and shocked, I don’t know about the much about the laws in that country, If he hurts anyone, they would have given warning couple of times and asked him to remove the post, but 4 years jail means, its too much, and unacceptable, we are living in the world where maturity increasing rapidly, and after hundreds years we are going to know there is no God concepts, everything happening by chemical reactions, objects delivering its properties, science going to find out everything, I am not sure why lot of countries still sticking rules around a “block box” concepts. All the people that we are praying, believing as a God is/are good people in the past, they thought ethics to people, they told how to live, what is important, they removed animal behaviors from us, they tried to remove negative thinking from our brains etc, that’s what still we are remembering them, building temple for them, praying them and believing them.

Kareem you should come out from all the struggles soon and continue your education.

Kind regards
Saran

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Free Kareem: Egyptian Bloggers Speak Out http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-1/#comment-768324 Global Voices Online » Blog Archive » Free Kareem: Egyptian Bloggers Speak Out Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:38:03 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-768324 [...] The sentencing of Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman to four years in prison for articles he wrote in his personal blog may have come as a shock to many around the world, but for Egyptian bloggers the lesson is just too close to home for comfort. [...] [...] The sentencing of Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabeel Sulaiman to four years in prison for articles he wrote in his personal blog may have come as a shock to many around the world, but for Egyptian bloggers the lesson is just too close to home for comfort. [...]

]]> By: Garf http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/comment-page-1/#comment-767306 Garf Sun, 25 Feb 2007 13:02:20 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/02/22/arabisc-bloggers-rally-to-kareems-support/#comment-767306 I believe it's his right to believe in whatever religion he wants. Actually, one of the things explicitly mentioned in Islam, is that every person is free to believe in anything and that a muslim person (even prophet mohamed himself) shouldn't impose Islam on any person .I definitely believe in the freedom of speech, and in the freedom in general. But, first rule of freedom is, "You are free to do or say anything you want to, as long as you don't hurt anyone". So, he doesn't believe in Islam? it's ok. But he has no right to curse Islam, and prophet Mohamed, simply because he doesn't believe in them. So don't blame the government for punishing him, because he doesn't believe in what most of the nation believes in. If he has respected others beliefs and didn't just curse Islam, other's would have respected his beliefs and freedom. I believe, attacking president mobarak is really insignificant in this context. I believe it’s his right to believe in whatever religion he wants. Actually, one of the things explicitly mentioned in Islam, is that every person is free to believe in anything and that a muslim person (even prophet mohamed himself) shouldn’t impose Islam on any person .I definitely believe in the freedom of speech, and in the freedom in general. But, first rule of freedom is, “You are free to do or say anything you want to, as long as you don’t hurt anyone”.
So, he doesn’t believe in Islam? it’s ok. But he has no right to curse Islam, and prophet Mohamed, simply because he doesn’t believe in them. So don’t blame the government for punishing him, because he doesn’t believe in what most of the nation believes in. If he has respected others beliefs and didn’t just curse Islam, other’s would have respected his beliefs and freedom.
I believe, attacking president mobarak is really insignificant in this context.

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