- 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, from:
Prayers, contacting Human Right Organizations, campaigning in the media,
writing and publishing; to: Financial support to defray the heavy costs
of the legal battle, which threatens to be lengthy and outdrawn. Please
use the following account dedicated for legal and Human Rights issues:
Committee for the Defence of Legitimate Rights (CDLR)
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