Egypt, ex-professors, death sentences, strange loops

[by Charles Cameron — hunh? ]

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The Mufti that #Morsi himself appointed is to be made to agree his death warrant? This is Shakespearean in scope of morbid tragedy. #Egypt

— Rana Kabbani (@RanaKabbani54) May 16, 2015

Among those sentenced to death by Egypt is Emad Shahin. Took class w/ him at Georgetown on authoritarianism in Egypt. Dispassionate scholar.

— Arif Rafiq (@ArifCRafiq) May 16, 2015

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The Mufti must sign the death warrant of the man who appointed him. The professor who worked on authoritarianism in Egypt is sentenced to death by Egyptian authoritarianism. Strange loops indeed, Dr Hofstadter!

Dr Shahin has responded: Statement by Prof. Emad Shahin on his death sentence:

In another travesty of justice, an Egyptian court today issued a mass death sentence against more than 120 defendants in two cases known as the “Grand Espionage” and “Prisons Break.” I was falsely charged in the first case and I received the death sentence pending referral to the mufti. I repeat my absolute rejection of the charges against me and note that I am hardly the only victim of injustice in this case. Furthermore, I condemn the sham trials engulfing Egypt since July 2013 where wholesale death sentences on flimsy or no evidence have been the mark of the current military regime.