Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) – The preacher of the Sheikh Sultan Bin Zayed First Mosque in the Emirates, Wassim Youssef, commented on the UAE Public Prosecution’s announcement to refer 84 defendants, “most of them from the Muslim Brotherhood,” to the State Security Court, on Saturday.
Wassim Youssef said in a blog post on his page on the They told the judge in court: “There are no extremists, obscurantists, or Muslim Brotherhood among us in the #UAE!! They are finished!”
Waseem Youssef continued, saying: “Here they came out again and wanted evil against us! Do not believe anyone who tells you that extremism and terrorism are over! These are rats who hide and do not disappear! And do not believe any cleric who tells you: There is no extremist thought among our youth. These people are creative by applying powders.” Plastic surgery, may God curse them… Thank you to State Security in my country.”
The UAE Attorney General, Hamad Saif Al Shamsi, announced on Saturday the referral of 84 defendants, “most of whom are members of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood organization,” to the State Security Court, according to what was published by the official Emirates News Agency.
The agency stated that the defendants, whom it did not name, would be referred to the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal (State Security Court) “to be tried for the crime of establishing another secret organization for the purpose of committing acts of violence and terrorism on state territory.” Pointing out that the defendants “had concealed this crime and its evidence before being arrested and tried in Case No. (17) of 2013 State Security Penalty.”
2024-01-07 04:40:59
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