JAMA’AH MUSLIMIN STRONGLY CONDEMNS EGYPT’S MASS DEATH SENTENCES
Jakarta , 1 Jumadil Akhir 1435/1 April 2014 ( MINA ) – The chairman of Jama’ah Muslimin (Hizbullah), H. Muhyiddin Hamidy strongly condemned Egypt’s mass sentencing to death of 529 alleged supporters of ousted president Mohammad Mursi.
“The Egypt’s court sentence is unlawful and killing fellow Muslims is not in accordance with Al-Qur’an as Muslim guidance. Whoever kills a human being without any justified reason to sharia, so, it is tantamount to kill all mankind, “ said Hamidy in Jakarta, Monday quoting Al-Qur’an surah Al – Maidah verse 32.
Hamidy called on Muslim community all over the world to condemn the sentence as part of our concern to fellow Muslims. “Muslims are brothers. They should apply the brotherhood because of Allah command,” said Hamidy who is also the chairman of al-Aqsa liberation struggle.
The Egyptian court decision has some drawbacks. Some of them are: the court did not run the good procedure, not all defendants were present at the hearing and they had no opportunity to defend. So, it is clearly contrary to international law.
As one of the initiators of Al – Quds International Conference in Bandung 2012, Hamidy called on Muslims through out the world to return to the Islamic leadership “Caliphate ala min Hajin Nubuwat”, the special characteristic of leadership which was practiced by the Prophet Muhammad PBUH and his companions.
Jama’ah Muslimin (Hizbullah) is an institution where Muslims united. It practiced as the Caliphate ‘Ala Minhajin Nubuwwah (Caliphate that follows the footsteps of Prophethood), since 1953, based in Indonesia, in 1956 have reminded the world of Islam to bring jihad to defend Egypt against violence by Britain and France at that time.
The Muslim’s knee-jerk reaction all over the world to the Anglo – French – Israeli attack against Egypt showed their high concern and dignity to the fellow Muslims, as stated on 6 November 1956 by the institution.
On December 7, 1954 , Jama’ah Muslimin ( Hizbullah) also issued a statement supporting the struggle for independence of Al – Jazair which struggled from French imperialism.
UN: Egypt’s Mass Death Sentences Breach Global Rights Law
Egypt’s mass sentencing to death of 529 alleged supporters of ousted president Mohammad Mursi is a breach of international human rights law, the United Nations said Tuesday in Geneva.
“The astounding number of people sentenced to death in this case is unprecedented in recent history. The mass imposition of the death penalty after a trial that was rife with procedural irregularities is in breach of international human rights law,” said Rupert Colville, spokesman for the UN high commissioner for human rights.
The sentences were handed down on Monday after a trial that lasted just two days, sparking an international outcry and sending a chill through opponents of Egypt’s military-installed regime, which has placed more than 2,000 alleged Islamists on mass trials since the army overthrew Mursi in July.
“A death sentence may only be imposed after proceedings that meet the highest level of respect for fair trial and due process standards. A mass trial of 529 people conducted over just two days cannot possibly have met even the most basic requirements for a fair trial,” Colville told reporters.
“The exact charges against each defendant are unclear as they were not read out in court,” said Colville.
Lawyers said they had insufficient access to the defendants and that the court did not consider relevant evidence presented by the defense, he said.
Sources at the trial spotlighted other procedural irregularities including the judge’s failure to call on each defendant by name or verify their legal representation, and not bringing some 50 of the defendants to court even though they were in custody.
The defendants were convicted of various charges, including membership of an unlawful organization, Mursi’s Muslim Brotherhood movement, incitement to violence, vandalism, unlawful gathering and the killing of one police officer.
Under international rights law, the death penalty may be imposed only for the “most serious crimes”, like murder or intentional killing and “membership of a political group or participation in demonstrations certainly do not meet the threshold of ‘most serious crimes,'” Colville said.
The same court that had handed down the sentences, in the southern province of Minya, on Tuesday began the trial of 700 more alleged supporters of Mursi, including the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. ( L/P04/E01).
Mi’raj Islamic News Agency ( MINA )
