Egyptian Student Allegedly Stabbed by Islamists for Being Too Close to His Girlfriend
- Posted on July 4, 2012 at 4:23pm by
Erica Ritz
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(The Blaze/AP) — An Egyptian university student was fatally stabbed as his girlfriend looked on in horror after three suspected Islamic militants confronted the couple in a park and told them they should not be together if they are not married, security officials said Wednesday.
The murder is fueling fears that vigilante groups may be seeking to strictly enforce Islamic mores, emboldened by the election of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Moderate Muslims, Coptic Christians, and women‘s groups particularly worry that Morsi’s presidency will slowly eradicate Egypt’s entrenched secular traditions and change the social fabric of the mainly Muslim nation of 82 million people.
The student, 20-year-old Ahmed Hussein Eid, was attacked on June 25 in the Red Sea city of Suez while with his girlfriend in a park known for hosting romantic rendezvous, according to the officials. It was not immediately clear what the two were doing when challenged by the three bearded men who arrived on a motorbike, but it was clear the men did not approve.
Citing initial testimony of the girlfriend, officials said the men told the couple they must leave immediately and go their separate ways because they were not married. An argument followed, and one of the three men stabbed Eid in the upper left thigh near his genitals. He was hospitalized and died of his wounds on Monday, according to the security officials who asked to remain anonymous.
Egypt's Islamist President Mohammed Morsi (Photo: AP)
The Suez killing followed the murders last week of two musicians, also by suspected militants, in a Nile Delta province. Radical Muslims take a dim view of view music, considering it haram or prohibited, as a distraction from religious duties.
Such killings were very rare under the old regime, which repressed the Muslim Brotherhood.
Many Islamist groups, including Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, denied any link to the murders. Sheikh Hamada Nassar from the Islamist party Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya even “accused the remnants of the old regime of associating these accidents with Islamic movements without evidence, in an attempt to defame Islamists.”
However, the Egypt Independent reports that a group calling itself the “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Authority,” likely modeled after Saudi Arabia’s “religious police,” claimed responsibility for the vicious attack.
Hussein Eid, the victim’s father, has said he would seek retribution for his son if the police don’t catch the culprits, but did not accuse militants of murdering his son when he spoke to reporters on Tuesday after his son’s funeral, which attracted about 3,000 mourners.
However, if Islamists are killing people without retribution, it would probably be unwise to openly accuse them.
The generals have retained a great deal of authority after handing over power to Morsi on Saturday, but if the rule of law is not enforced and overzealous killers are not apprehended, legislative authority may not be what defines the country’s future.
About a 100 activists, political parties, and non-governmental groups have issued a statement calling on Morsi to protect women against what it said was growing incidents of harassment against women as well, particularly those not wearing the Muslim veil.
“These incidents don’t constitute just assaults on women, but on the entire Egyptian society that has over many centuries been characterized by intellectual and cultural diversity,” said the statement. “They require swift measures from the relevant state institutions and the president that guarantee the protection and safeguarding of women’s dignity and the security and safety of the whole society.”
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Comments (46)
namron52
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 9:26amWhat happened to the women reporters who were attacked (raped, beaten, almost killed) on the glorious election day in Egypt? I only saw it reported here and on Breitbart, and have seen nothing since. I wrote NOW, but have heard nothing from them, so far. Hillary seems to be out to lunch, too.
Report Post »Won’t it be fun when we are all absorbed into the joys of Allah? P.S. Don’t forget to vote, okay?
Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:29amIslam itself will be revealed as the Anti-Christ ………
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 10:38amThanks Barack ………I hope the nation and the world can recover from the damage this guy has caused……
Report Post »mattmo79
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 2:37pmYep, so how’s that Arab Spring working out?
Report Post »scrapadapolis
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 4:44amAn American seniero,Hey you, we are implementing sheria law in your country! You must obey the muslim way of life….american,,BANG…Naw I’ll keep my freedom.Sheria will never happen here,just for that fact.O’sure they will try to force it in our courts,but in the open they know we are very heavily armed and they are not.They will fear americans and call us barbarians.The will cry out why do you hate us?Then and only then you come to your senses and not come here.We the people are fed up with our own political machine,Soon we who are repressed will fight back.and it won’t be with posters and music..
Report Post »kat747
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 10:09pmDon’t give up your weapons, people.
Report Post »When you say, “this is what they voted in”, just remember that we still don’t know what WE VOTED IN. And the USA is getting ready to compound that voting mistake in November.
Killed because he was too close to his girlfriend ???
…..please do NOT try to convince me that Islam is NOT a cult….because it sure sounds like a cult.
1947
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 10:55pmEgypt, is showing it’s true colors ……“Egypt Belongs to the Muslims”…… The Freedom they voted on is not there………Morsi doesn’t care about the people of Egypt but the MUSLIMS…….Egypt has made a big and long life mistake……. NO FREEDOM
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 11:42pm.
Report Post »So what did you expect when you crawled into bed with the muslim brotherhood?
Freedom? Ha!
zoro51
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:16pmgee more news about MUDERING USLUMS.. wow FACTOID they dont care whom they kill SAVE that they kill..their in a MAN MADE CULT of hate n death they dont follow thier own teachings.. they just KILL for no reason.. they will even KILL thier own family members.. there IS no ALLAH only SATAN n HELL for ALL MUSLUMS.. so again this is news HOW>?? rememeber alla is a stone idol false god that all muslums worship n for what???? there IS no redemption in islam… period… HELL awaits these who killed this kid…
Report Post »AllAmericanGirl22
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 8:35pmThis is sickening. Now that a Muslim extremist terrorist is in power, the Muslim Brotherhood and other extremist groups can do whatever they want and the people of Egypt will lose what little freedom they had.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 7:29pmThose who stabbed that boy should be hanged.
Report Post »db321
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 7:49pmThose who stab the Boy, now runs the Egypt. Can’t blame the Muslim boy. It would be like getting mad at a Rattlesnake for biting. It is what both of them do. I really don’t care what MSNBC, CBS, ABC and CNN say about the new more Friendlier Muslim Brotherhood. Egypt does not have a clue of what is about to unload on that Country now that the Muslim Brotherhood runs it.
America, God is giving you a birds eye view of what is coming to America. Remember, you threw God out of our Schools, and Country, so don’t expect him to be around for help when the US is the next inline to go Sharia Law. I personally will be one of the first to get eliminated by Muslims. Kinda of like a First Responder in Christ. God made me a much better deal than Obama or any other Muslim could ever dream of doing.
Enjoy Sharia America!
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 7:20pmObama and the Public Education wants the same thing here, but are doing it in stealth. Our not too distant future generations are going to have much more lies, deceit and unrest to deal with if we do not stop this in it’s tracks.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 7:18pmif that is the case then turn about is fair play. Those who stab are setting themselves up to get stabbed or worse.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 6:53pmEgypt is in a heap of trouble! Foolish people elected a militant hate filled leader.
Women will suffer under sharia.
The economy will never recover.
Children will grow up to only hate.
The country will die a slow death into the depths of emptiness and complete poverty.
Report Post »SageInWaiting
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 6:40pmEnter the Islamic “Brown Shirt,“ the enforcers of the new ”democracy” SO many in the west eagerly welcome. This world is about to experience a blood bath.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 6:56pmMy thoughts exactly. And so the ritualized, yet suitably random, subjective criteria for enforcing Sharia Law are applied.
“Civilization”, at last!
Report Post »randy
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 6:03pmI give that Morsi guy less than a year before someone double taps him.
Report Post »paul1149
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 6:02pmHad the lad abandoned his girlfriend, it doesn’t take much imagination to figure out what the devout muslims would have done.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:46pmThe girlfriend was his fiancee.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on July 5, 2012 at 7:39amI dunno about that. Maybe they had a crush on him. :(
Report Post »randy
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 6:02pmsuspected Islamic militants????
Islamic Militants?
Is Militant the new Buzz Word?
How about we call it what it is?
Radical Islamic or Muslim Terrorists!
Or…… Obama Buddies!
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 6:21pmthis is what they wanted, let them experience their choices.
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 6:00pmIslam is a misogynous oppressive fascist ideology that is bent on genocide, plunder and occupation. Expect more of these kind of incidents in the “new and improved” Muslim Brotherhood Egypt under Mohammed Morsi, and openly endorsed by Obama’s Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Remember, the Muslim Brotherhood created their terrorist arms the Hamas and the al Qaeda. Don’t be deceived by the terrorists-in-suits. They’re just as lethal, if not more so, because they’re the ones who encourage these sort of things to seal their ultimate power in creating a tyrannical Caliphate.
Every fascist ideology has it’s terror arms. Hitler has his “brown shirts.“ These ”modesty police” are just another one of them. They poke and prod and commit murder with impunity until you conform.
Report Post »wzanesdad
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 5:59pm72 million islamists, 8 million coptic christians, and 2 million military armed to the teeth. All hell’s about to break loose. Somehow I doubt the military is going to give up control easily. The 72 million islamists want Isreal destroyed. I’m afraid that I sreal will end up using nukes to get peace.
Report Post »God help us all..
Skrewedretiree
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 5:32pmIslam is a regressive, oppressive religion of hate and maiming and killing, yet we are expected to RESPECT this religion of crap in our own country!
I will never get over the shame of having served my country and taken the oath only to be betarayed!
We have lost our rights to property, to Freedom and our freedom of Christian religion!, but gays and satanic moo-slums get a free pass and both are PRAISED now!
Knowing now what I know then, I never would have taken the oath. Record THAT Homeland Security!
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 8:45pmThose who served in Iraq must be feeling betrayed as well. It was all for naught, thanks to Hussein.
Next in line: Afghanistan. The Muslim in the WH must be feeling great this Fourth of July, when five of our boys were shot and wounded by a jihadist in uniform. What did that traitor do on Independence Day? He pushed for amnesty.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:54pmIf you are a voter, Screwedretiree, then you had help. A lot of property-less people w/bean bags for brains, voted in the burros running the show in Congress and WH. So, it’s not entirely your fault! (Go Navy, Beat Army! retired Navy vet myself)
The Romans began to fail when the permitted voting by the masses who had no skin in the game. America began a downward fall in the same way. A vote was given only if you had property, skin in the game. Then it was opened to all, incl 18 yr olds who still live with Mom.
The is a certain amount of wisdom in a “poll tax.” To move out of poverty, a poor person must work hard to buy his/her piece of the dream, not vote to take it fm someone else.
Report Post »Skrewedretiree
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 5:22pmBush Lied and People Died.
That’s what the LEFT said.
But Bush lied when he looked America in the eye after 911 and told us ‘Islam is a Religeon Of Peace.”
BULL EXCREMENT! Pig s**t on islam and the satanic mohammed – p**s and pigs**t be upon him!
I served in the Navy in the eary 1970s and I saw then that World War III would not be between Capitalism and Communism; It would be between islam and the Free World.
Proove me wrong.
Report Post »libertyandresponsibility
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 5:26pmThat’s interesting sir. Can I ask how you came to that conclusion in the 70s?
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 9:04pmMy uncle told me so in 1968. I thought he is a few bricks short of a full edifice, but that can be attributed to my young age at the time. He did not explain how he came to that conclusion, but he was an avid student of history as far as I knew, so I accepted I may have a lack of information to asses the validity of his prediction.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 5:09pmAll women will be under the veil and all Coptic Christians will be dead within weeks. Mosi enacted his first executive order when he announced that the Koran will now be the Egyptian constitution.
Report Post »Skrewedretiree
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 5:24pmI made comments on this; bet the Blaze will censor them same as Fox News. Wanna bet?
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 4:51pmTo paraphrase the progressives “this is what Democracy looks like.”At least in an Islamic country.
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 4:47pmYoung people are always the useful idiots of totalitarian regimes.
Hussein’s operatives are still in Egypt, helping the MB get stronger and eventually replace the old guard with their own Islamic Revolutionary Guards . Like Ahmednutjob, Hussein wants Israel wiped off the map. May the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob deal with him accordingly.
Report Post »mbean
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 4:41pmThe One formerly known as Barry Soetoro will be silent.
Report Post »Skrewedretiree
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 5:26pmDuh! Who woulda thunk it?
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 5:30pmIt’s the Arab summer of love, murder, rape and stabbings.
Barry’s old Chi district still has more of all the above
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 4:39pmI wonder if the young couple participated in the arab spring demonstrations that started all of this “change” as the country moves “forward”.
Report Post »VigilantGuardShark
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 4:33pmAh, the peace and loving Islamists have killed another one of their own for Standing Too Close To His Girlfriend! Think about it, especially you Western Women out there, is Islam really an acceptable way to conduct yourself in a modern world?
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 5:13pmIn the summer of 2000, my husband and I visited Agadir, Morocco. As we were walking through the crowded Souq, my husband took my hand for fear we would be separated. The locals hissed and spit on us.
Report Post »Cashpipe
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 4:30pmYou should show as much concern for the Coptic Christians, until then stfu and reap what you sow.
Report Post »polnick
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 4:28pmSpanking is not only reserved for a bad child it is being used to punish adults that disrespect authority. Spankers prefer an electric cable; they are easily available and do a better job than an ordinary whip. Spankers are not interested in obtaining a confession but only in handing out punishment. Prisons are being replaced because of its high costs; frequent spankings are the best way of punishing disobedience.Spanking is not only reserved for a bad child it is being used to punish adults that disrespect authority. Spankers prefer an electric cable; they are easily available and do a better job than an ordinary whip. Spankers are not interested in obtaining a confession but only in handing out punishment. Prisons are being replaced because of its high costs; frequent spankings are the best way of punishing disobedience.
NancyBee
Posted on July 4, 2012 at 6:21pmhuh?
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