(Oct 29, 2012, The Hindu)--The wife of a senior Ethiopian politician was on Monday
charged with funnelling money from the Embassy of Saudi Arabia to
Islamist terror groups, at a hearing at the Ethiopian Federal High
Court, on Monday.
Those
arrested were accused of belonging to, or supporting, the “Solution
Seekers of the Muslim Community’s Problems”, a group that the
prosecution contended is a terrorist organisation. Lawyers for the
accused denied the charges. A predominantly Christian
country, Ethiopia has positioned itself as a bulwark in the U.S.-led
war on terror in East Africa and has promulgated laws, such as the
anti-terrorism proclamation 652 of 2009, which have an unusually broad
definition of terrorism.
According to the
prosecution, Ms. Habiba allegedly tried to steal 1.5 million Ethiopian
Birr (approximately Rs. 45 lakh) from the Islamic Council of Ethiopia.
He also allegedly received more than 50,000 ETB from the Saudi Arabian
Embassy to fund “illegal activities” amongst Ethiopia’s Muslim
population. She was arrested in July this year and
the money was recovered from her car, according to local media reports.
The Embassy of Saudi Arabia could not be reach for comment. Read more from The Hindu »
1 comment:
terrorism should not be compromised. even though every body have equal right to exercise his own religion, we have to understand our obligations. freedom means it is not to be totally free we have to respect others right. i don't think there is problem on freedom of religion. but there is a big interference from out sides who want to run their own mission.
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