Egyptian protesters hold posters showing Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, who is imprisoned in the US, and call for his release outside a court in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Egypt went forward with a trial Sunday that has plunged relations with the U.S. into the deepest crisis in decades, prosecuting 16 Americans and 27 other employees of pro-democracy groups on charges they used foreign funds to foment unrest. The Arabic writing on the banners reads:"Freedom for Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman". (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Egyptian Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, the founder and the spiritual leader of the Cairo-based Gamaa Islamiya (Islamic Group) movement, died at the age of 79 in U.S., his son announced Saturday.
“The U.S. authorities have told my family that my father passed away,” his son Muhammad said.
Also known as “Blind Sheikh”, Abdel-Rahman had been sentenced to life imprisonment in U.S. for his alleged role in masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
Source: World Bulletin
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