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A Baker of Arab Origin is Charged with Theft of
Recipes: The Government Sees
him as involved in "INDUSTRIAL ESPIONAGE" to Fund
Terrorism!
[Message from Imam Badi Ali, Greesboro, North
Carolina}
The Triad Chapter of the Blue Triangle Network
wishes
to express its outrage at the treatment of Mazen
Said
at the hands of the criminal justice system, most
specifically the flagrant bond of $2 million
because
of unsubstantiated claims that Mr Said is somehow
linked to terrorist organizations. Mr Said is
also
being rapidly swept through the system, with the
prosecutor pushing for a trial in PA within a
week's
time.
While we take no stand about Mr Said's guilt or
innocence related to the charges of theft and
impersonation, we utterly denounce the bias and
prejudice clearly exhibited by the judge and
prosecuter in alleging a link to "terrorism" with
no
evidence whatsoever. This behavior is part of a
national pattern of persecution of people of arab
and
south asian descent since
9-11.
Thousands of
people
have been arrested and detained without due
process,
held indefinitely often without any charges even
being brought against them.
Here in the Triad, the Islamic
Center has documented 311 incidents against arab
and
muslim people, ranging from harrassment, to
eviction,
to disappearance. Currently, the US Government plans
to deport 13,000 people of Arab or South Asian
origin
who voluntarily registered with the INS. No
charges
have been brought against any of them.
Mr. Said is a legal resident of Greensboro, and
has
family and a business here. He should be treated
like
any other member of the community who has been
charged
with theft. He is being treated differntly only
because of his nationality. As his sister-in-law
said
when asked about the outrageous bail, "Before
9-11
this would never happen. If he was American,
would he
be treated the same? I want people to look away
from
the nationality and skin color and all that, and
just
treat him like anyone else."
Contact info: Pam Crosson aka nego
Greensboro, NC
friskyscootch@yahoo.com
For more information about the Blue Triangle
Network
contact Scott Trent at 272-2155
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