Muhammad Qutb was freed, according to this, because he was a Muslim. From the New York Times:
BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 27 - In the end, Muhammad Mamdouh Qutb figures it was his captors' remorse that led to his freedom.Yes, they roughed him up and bundled him into a car, took him hostage for four days and told the world they would kill him. But then, said Mr. Qutb, an Egyptian diplomat, it dawned on them that he was far from an ideal target: he prayed five times a day, he fasted, and as they learned from a television report, he was known for teaching the Koran to children at the neighborhood mosque.
It did not hurt, Mr. Qutb added, that his captors, who called themselves the Lions of Allah Brigade and snatched him as he came out of a local mosque on Thursday night, had accomplished their mission without killing him. Taking him hostage and airing their demands on television was a cheap, efficient way to make their grievances known.
Judging from their accents, he said, he believed that his captors were all Iraqi. Their goal, he gathered, was to impress upon Egypt that the price of aiding the new Iraqi administration would be steep.
"They wanted to send a message to the Egyptian government," Mr. Qutb said during an interview on Tuesday inside the Egyptian Embassy. "They did that through the media."
This disgusting display of prejudice to all non-muslims is getting tiresome, reports like this need ramming down the throats of all the deluded cretins who STILL think islam is all about peace. It is impossible to live alongside people with this kind of rationale.
And why are they doing it , hmmm , lets see could it be a propaganda stunt to get the messsage out to all the other arabic countries that these terrorist are really good people fighting oppression and ocupation, "but we won't hurt our own if we can help it". Pathetic.
The so called piety of this terrorist gang is amazing.Notice this good will to fellow Muslims didn't extend to the poor chap who was part owner
with a Christian in a restaurant. Oh,no. Christian
got bullets whilst his Muslim business partner had his hands hacked off and blinded in both eyes... Suspect Eygptian was part of high profiling themselves terror group who got a fat[officially denied] ransom which they will use to torture and kill more innocent people.It looks like a rat and smells like a rat. Only thing which
smells worse is the so called 'fragrant blood' which must be offered to Allah in Death Cult called ISLAM!
The whole display of compassion by the Jihadists is one big charade. I believe the
Philipino's were in on the scam to get their soldiers home while saving face.
I believe the plan is to avoid looking bias towards non-Muslims,but it ain't working. Today I see there was another Iraqi suicide bomber that murdered at least 70 civilians and maimed many others,these Satanic thugs are trying to appear
nuetral in there killings and their failing. We in the West should make a list of the spineless
Countries that knuckle under to the Satan worshippers and let them defend themselves when Jihad comes to their soil.
The Flips( Philipinos- F***ing littl Island People) will rue the day they caved into the followers of Muhammed. The beheadings prove that Islam allows it and Muslims condone it by their silence. The big mistake terrorists suffer from is that they believe we in the west are as stupid
as them,our resolve is strong and just wait until the real face of Islam is seen by us Freedom defending civilization here in the West.
Canada has only 500,000 Muslims and I'm now starting to believe that they have it wrong and the other 1.2 billion are true Islamists murdering Allahs children for Muhammed and the goal of a peaceful ,tolerant Islamic World with Sharia law under the Saudis Wahabbeism teachings.