Muslim blogger in Egypt is on the run following police raid

`Arabawi reports that outspoken Egyptian blogger, Abdel Moneim Mahmoud, is on the run after police raided his home in his absence during the morning of April 13 2007. Mahmoud is well-known amongst the Egyptian blogger community because he is one of the few members of the Muslim Brotherhood who are engaged in media work online. Mahmoud has been outspoken on his blog and critical of the police state measures that the Egyptian government has passed, and recently he wrote a solidarity post in support of the release of Egyptian blogger Abdelkarim Nabil Soliman.

According to the latest reports from `Arabawi, Mahmoud is on the run today, fearing that police will arrest and torture him as they did once before in 2004.

The English language website of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood also noted the difficult situation that Mahmoud's repeated detentions put his family in, since he has become the primary caregiver for his aging parents.

By way of `Arabawy, we are reposting the banner below (designed by Hag Gergess) in solidarity with Mahmoud, whose life is in danger as he flees from a regime afraid of his words.