Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman, a Muslim cleric who stood trial in Egypt for the assassination of President Anwar Sadat, is the spiritual leader of an anti-Egyptian political movement. Sheik Rahman speaks on the corruption of the Egyptian political system, his harassment by that government, and the human rights violations in his homeland. He goes on to counter media depictions of him as another Khomeni by describing the actual goals and methods of his organization.|IN DEFENSE OF ISLAM / Sheik Omar Abdul Rachman| translated by Mohammed Mehdi| interviewed by Bernard White. - Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman, a Muslim cleric who stood trial in Egypt for the assassination of President Anwar Sadat, is the spiritual leader of an anti-Egyptian political movement. Sheik Rahman speaks on the corruption of the Egyptian political system, his harassment by that government, and the human rights violations in his homeland. He goes on to counter media depictions of him as another Khomeni by describing the actual goals and methods of his organization. - RECORDED: WBAI, 18 Feb. 1993.
