- Majid Al-Mass'ari,
- Imprisoned by the US
Authorities
- Son Of Saudi Opposition
Leader Jailed In Seattle
Rense.com From PIR
8-12-4
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doubt Tony Blair's thumbprint on the
text.JB,editor)
On
the 17th of July 20004, the American authorities
imprisoned Majid Al-Mass'ari, son of Prof.
Muhammad Al-Mass'ari, the prominent dissident and
opposition leader to the Aal Saud regime. Prof.
Muhammad Al-Mass'ari is the secretary general of
the Party for Islamic Renewal (PIR) and he holds
a doctorate degree in theoretical and
mathematical physics from the university of
Cologne, Germany. He was chair-professor of
theoretical physics at Riyadh University,
Saudi-occupied Arabia, before he escaped to his
current exile in London in 1994.
Majid resides in the US since early 1994 after he
arrived for his post-graduate studies. Once he
earned his master in Physics and Laser
Applications mid 1997, he applied for political
asylum. That application is still pending. He has
been working the last three years in the Computer
Center, College of Nursing, University of
Washington in Seattle. His career record is
exceptional. He is also extremely popular with
superiors and colleagues alike.
Professor Muhammad Al-Mass'ari propagates,
through Radio and Internet, his ideological and
political views against the despotic and corrupt
Aal Saud regime. That is why the Aal Saud family
considers him as one of their main enemies, and a
lethal danger to their feudal dark-age client
regime, which resembles a criminal Mafia
organization devoid of the characteristics of a
modern state, not to speak of an Islamic state!
Aal Saud continued to persuade the British
Government over the last ten years to extradite
or deport Professor Al-Mass'ari, unfortunately
finding sympathy and co-operation from HMG (Her
Majesty's Government!). But the independent
British judiciary frustrated these attempts
certifying for the peaceful, intellectual and
political nature of his campaign.
The British court decisions were a decisive
defeat for Aal Saud's un-Islamic and immoral
attempts to undermine freedom of speech and break
International Law. But now it seems that they
finally, due to their "special
relationship" with their American masters,
found a new "complicity" in a fresh
attempt to silence the free voice, and to
frustrate the lawful opposition.
Imprisoning Majid Al-Mass'ari is nothing but a
new lowly attempt to achieve in the US what the
Aal Saud Mafia has failed, until now miserably,
to obtain in the UK: Silencing the voice of
lawful political opposition, by exerting pressure
on his family.
Majid has not been allowed, for the duration of
about ten days, to contact his family. He also
has been deprived of his right to contact his
lawyer. Family or lawyer were not informed as
mandated by law, or at least as a courtesy due to
common civilized behavior!
Luckily Majid participated actively, almost on a
daily basis, in the Radio and Internet campaign
of PIR, so when he remained "silent"
for over a week, his family in London became
worried. Repeated contacts at his home produced
no results. His work place was called and they
were worried too as he did not come to work for
about a week. Then contacts were made with all
possible institutions: hospitals, police
stations, the INS (Immigration and naturalization
Service), etc and none of them had any
information about him!
Finally they called the FBI where the
switch-board claimed first that this name is
unknown to them. The lady on the switch-board
then hesitated a little before suggesting a
transfer of the call to one of the FBI Agents,
who is supposed to be able to help. The Agent
informed them, that Majid is actually under
arrest at a "certain office" of the
immigration authorities. He declined to give the
contact numbers of that "office", as
they are normally uncooperative and unfriendly,
he claimed. He offered to follow matters up by
himself. He took the London contact numbers, but
the issue was, as he claimed: minor, and no need
to worry!
After many difficulties and extreme effort, his
lawyer Ms. Cheryl Nance found out that he was in
a "maximum security prison", that he
was denied a copy of the Qur'aan he requested,
and that he was isolated from the outside world
from day one. His case was by no means minor as
he was subject to possible deportation from the
US and extradition to the grip of Aal Saud where
he would certainly face imprisonment and torture,
if not extrajudicial execution!
What happened to Majid would have never occurred
if the Bush's government had not tampered with
the American Constitution by enacting its
oppressive and dangerous "National Security
Laws".
It is worth mentioning that Majid Al-Mass'ari,
who descends from a family of thinkers, scholars
and activists, was born in the city of At-Ta'yif,
a suburb of holy Makkah, on Thursday, 11th of
June, 1970 (6th of Rabee' Thani 1390). He
graduated with a bachelor degree in physics and
astronomy from King Saud university in Riyadh
with distinction, which qualified him for an
appointment as a research assistant at KACST
(King Abdul-Azeez City for Sciences and
Technology) and then, a year later, earning a
government scholarship for post-graduate study in
the US, where he arrived in early 1994.
The way the charges are formulated shows that the
intention is to deport him. If this is not
achieved immediately, then to extend the trial
until Majid and his family are unable to pay its
heavy expenses, or until they go bankrupt.
Thus we urge YOU to support Majid Al-Mass'ari by
all possible means.
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