Rumors about an alleged kidnapping of the German-Egyptian writer Hamed Abdel-Samad have caused great concern among the fans and friends of Islam critic. The 41-year-old, who has lived 23 years in Germany and has German citizenship, was allegedly kidnapped on Sunday during a visit to Cairo. The Egyptian newspaper “Youm7” reported that the brother of the author, Mahmoud Abdel-Samad, had turned with this exclusive information to the sheet.
According to security sources said on Monday, the police already determined against unknown. An official said it was possible that radical extremists were responsible for the disappearance of the journalist.
The writer should, according to “Youm7” have left his hotel on Sunday afternoon without taking his bodyguard and without this to say what he intended. However, when he had approached his destination near the Azhar Park in Cairo, he had called his bodyguard and told him that he felt persecuted: A black car was following him since leaving the hotel. At 16.15 clock to Abdel-Samad track’ve lost. On Monday, he went not to his German cell phone.
Militant Islamists have called in the summer to the murder of the controversial author in Egypt after he had the Muslim Brotherhood “Islamofascism” accused of making a presentation in a small group in Cairo. “Shortly after the Internet began a smear campaign against me on Facebook posted several pages of photos of me on which” “was written” Wanted Dead!, Abdel-Samad said at the time told German newspaper SPIEGEL . He’ll take the threats very seriously, especially since the address was to be released from locations in Cairo, where he staying regularly. The Egyptian Interior Ministry is said to have then charged to the author at the urging of his stays in Egypt a bodyguard available.
“Converted from Islam to knowledge”
Whether it actually was a kidnapping in the disappearance of the author , it was still unclear on Monday afternoon . The German Embassy in Cairo had no immediate confirmation of a kidnapping , said a spokesman for the Foreign Office in Berlin. The Ambassador in Cairo, Michael Bock, stand in contact with the Egyptian government. The federal government requires , therefore, ” fastest possible ” education about the fate of the publicist . In the case also of the crisis staff of the Foreign Office intervened .
Abdel- Samad , who says of himself that he was ” converted from Islam to know,” was a wider audience in 2010 by the satire format “either- Broder – The Germany – Safari ” known in the ARD . On the side of Henryk M. Broder he went for the show by car across the country to make flying visits in the most diverse environments of NPD voters to former SED functionaries . The gain in knowledge of more than three seasons running show was limited, too often Broder and Abdel- Samad arose the contest to see who could better surprise and provoke .
When the Arab Spring began , learned the German TV viewers know another , much more serious Abdel- Samad . As an expert , especially for his native Egypt, he said in talk shows and special programs over and over again , why he thought the uprisings in the Arab world for a stroke of luck for democracy and campaigned passionately for the support of the West. Even after the overthrow of the democratically elected President Mohammed Mursi he gave himself hopeful that Egypt was imminent a peaceful future.
Published alongside his television appearances , lectures and guest contributions Abdel- Samad several non-fiction books on the topics of Islam and Arab Spring. These include “The Downfall of the Islamic world ” and the autobiographical book ” My farewell from heaven.”
Followers of Abdel- Samad started on the website change.org petition , in which the Federal Government is called upon to do everything possible to rid the authors. On Monday afternoon, 2,000 people had already signed .
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