Omar Bakri: Bulgaria Bomber, an Algerian from London

Omar Bakri, the Lebanon based Islamist, said that the Bulgarian suicide bomber is of Algerian descent and has studied in the former's London seminars. Bakri said that he recognised Mehdi Ghazali from His photograph; he said that "I would be honoured if he is from Jihadist circles". Israel and the United States have both accused the Lebanese Hezbollah of conducting the operation to avenge the assassination of Iranian scientists.

Read More

Saudi forces arrest a leading Shiite cleric

The Arab Digest correspondent in Eastern Saudi Arabia has confirmed that the Saudi authorities arrested sheikh Nemr al Nemr, a leading Shiite cleric in the eastern province. Angry demonstrators are out on the streets of Awamiya heading to Qatif's Center.
The oil rich province is largely Shiite, the members of this Muslem minority has been suffering of discrimination and what they refer to as second class treatment.
The Arab Digest website was banned in Saudi Arabia for its coverage of protests in the Kingdom.

Read More

4 years of torture: Lebanese housewife detained after maid escapes

The Indonesian maid displays her wounds

Kuwait City's police arrested a Lebanese housewife after an Indonesian maid escaped her flat, following four years of torture and slavery. The maid told the police that her employer imprisoned her "from day one", locking up every window and door in the flat to prevent her from escape after each torture episode. Four years later, the housewife forgot one door open, so the maid escaped to her country's embassy. She was escorted by a diplomat to the nearest police station where she presented her wounds and a medical report.
The Indonesian maid had a broken finger, broken teeth, swollen eyes and bruises in her body and head. The most surprising wound was caused by a razor on a "very sensitive" body part, thought to be her vagina.
Kuwait's police arrested the housewife who admitted causing physical harm to "discipline" her maid.

Read More