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Sheikh Mohamed Hussein Yaqoub Shuts Down Official Website, YouTube Following Testimony


Sun 20 Jun 2021 | 05:57 AM
Taarek Refaat

TV presenter Amr Adib said that Sheikh Mohamed Hussein Yaqoub has shut down his official website after his testimony in the case know as "ISIS Imbaba Cell" to avoid being questioned from time to time, and to manage his stresses.

Adib also pointed to the removal of a number of videos of the Salafi preacher Yaqoub, as well as the closure of his official YouTube channel.

The court had decided to summon Sheikhs Mohamed Hassan and Yaqoub to hear their testimonies in the case at the request of the defense, to hear their statements and discuss their thought and approach toward the case before the court.

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The testimony of Yaqoub before the Supreme State Security Court sparked widespread controversy after he denied his connection to extremist ideas, or the Salafi takfiri ideology, as the defendants involved in the case said and confirmed that they were influenced by his ideologies.

The prosecution assigned the defendants in the case to assume the leadership of a terrorist group whose purpose is to call for disturbing public order, endangering the safety of society, and preventing state institutions and public authorities from carrying out their work and harming national unity.

The emergency state security court decided to postpone the trial of 12 defendants in the case to the next August; to view the medical report on the health status of Hassan.