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Saudi Arrests Professors For Alleged Brotherhood Ties
2014-05-28
[Yahoo] Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
has tossed in the clink
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
nine university professors for their alleged links to the banned Moslem BrĂźderbund movement, media reported on Monday.

Investigators found the professors, two Saudis and the rest from neighbouring countries, had been involved with "foreign organizations" based on "voice recordings and emails" linked to them, Okaz daily reported.

It identified the organization as the Moslem BrĂźderbund, designated by the interior ministry in March as a "terror" group.

The investigation should be completed by mid-June, said the daily which is close to the government.

If convicted, the group could be enjugged
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
for 10-15 years, after which the foreigners would be deported, it added.

Saudi Arabia and its neighbour the United Arab Emirates have cracked down on Islamists accused of links to the Brotherhood and other Islamist groups.

But in the past Saudi Arabia gave refuge to many Brotherhood members who suffered repression in the 1960s under the regime of Egypt's first modern military ruler, Gamal Abdel Nasser. Traditionally, members of the group were active in academic institutions in the kingdom.
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