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33 Syrian Kurds released in Brussels
24.2.2010
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February 24, 2010
BRUSSELS,— The court in Brussels released 33
Kurds who stormed the Syrian embassy in 2005 and
destroyed it’s property.
The embassy was attacked, after it became known the
Kurdish Sheikh Mohammed Mashouq al-Khaznawi was
killed during a Kurdish uprising in March 2004.
Although the Syrian government said extremists were
behind it, it was clear for Syrian Kurds the Syrian
government was behind it.
Through internet Kurds in Belgium and Netherlands
called for a protest action. And on 1 and 2 June
2005, 60 people went to the Syrian embassy in
Brussels. This caused 15.000 euros in damages. |
Sheikh Mohammed Mashouq al-Khaznawi, one of Syria's
most prominent Kurdish activists |
The public prosecutor
asked a symbolic punishment, but the court acquitted
them completely. The court didn’t find proof the
Kurds had the intention to storm the embassy, so
there was no conspiracy. Other accusations were not
punishable by law.
Sheik Khaznawi, a charismatic 47-year-old cleric who
began denouncing the Syrian government, came to
embody the Kurdish political opposition. To some,www.ekurd.nethe
was a reformer who pushed a more thoughtful,
inclusive brand of Islam; to others, he was an
apostate willing to reach out to other faiths and
challenge long-held Islamic mores.
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