Friday, May 3, 2013

In cairo, ahmadinejad almost shoe-throwing


The security forces arrested a man who tried to throw the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with shoes in Cairo, Wednesday (01/06/2013).

A videotape showed the man shouting 'coward' as he tried to throw shoes at Ahmadinejad.

Throwing motive remains unclear although a number of reports expected it as a protest against Iran over its support for the Syrian government.

The man who captured it-believed-based on his accent a Syrian and was immediately arrested by police after successfully disabled.

Attempt on Ahmadinejad shoe throwing occurred when he was leaving the al-Hussein mosque in Cairo.

In the Middle East, throwing shoes is seen as a major insult.
Outside the mosque, four young children display placards to protest Iran's support for President Bashar al-Assad.

triggers controversy
President Mohammed Mursi visited Iran shortly after being elected.
Ahmadinejad is the first Iranian leader to visit Egypt since the Islamic Revolution of Iran in 1979. He was in Cairo for a meeting of the Islamic countries, OIC.

Last year the President of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, visiting Iran shortly after taking office but a BBC correspondent in Cairo, Yolande Knell, reported talks with Iran on the issue of Syria had little impact.

Ahmadinejad's visit had sparked controversy since Iran is dominated by Shiite Muslims, while the majority of Egyptians are Sunni Muslims.

A priest of the mosque of Al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayyeb, openly criticized the Shiite in a meeting with Ahmadinejad, Wednesday, February 6.
He, among others, raised the political crisis in Bahrain, which he said was triggered by Iran.

sources:
http://internasional.kompas.com/read/2013/02/06/16435065/Di.Kairo.Ahmadinejad.Nyaris.Dilempar.Sepatu

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