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Egyptian stabs two Hungarian tourists who kissed outside Cairo mosque

From AP, with thanks to Treehugger:

CAIRO, Egypt - An Egyptian stabbed a Hungarian man and woman, slightly wounding them, after the couple kissed while pausing for a photograph near a mosque at Cairo's popular tourist bazaar, police said Tuesday.
Hesham Mohammed, 36, apparently was upset by the kiss Monday in front of Al-Hussein Mosque, a security official said on customary condition of anonymity. The mosque is adjacent to the Khan el-Khalili market where foreign tourists flock to buy souvenirs and locally made crafts.

The Hungarians, who were not identified, were treated at a nearby hospital for minor wounds, the official said, and Mohammed was being questioned. He was described as unemployed and suffering from severe
depression....

Well, I know when I get depressed, my first impulse isn't necessarily to stab somebody...

Airliners make emergency landings

Two passenger jets made emergency landings in Budapest yesterday. From CNN, :

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Security threats forced two passenger jets operated by Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines to make emergency landings in Budapest Sunday.
The Lufthansa Airbus A-321 jet, which was en route from Istanbul to Frankfurt with 169 passengers, landed in Budapest after airline officials received a security threat, an airline spokesman said.

Later in the day, a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 carrying 162 passengers, landed in Budapest after its pilot was told of a bomb threat by air traffic controllers in Istanbul, according to a Hungarian police spokesman.

Meanwhile, in Frankfurt, Germany's busiest airport, passengers on a Croatian Airlines Airbus A319 flight were evacuated after a bomb alert. They had just arrived on a flight from Zagreb.

Hungarian terror group received Saudi funding

Jihad in Hungary, courtesy of our friends and allies the Saudis. From AP, :

The mosque run by a man detained by police on suspicion of planning to bomb a Jewish museum received money from an Islamic organization suspected of financing al-Qaida, a Muslim community leader said Wednesday.
The Dar-Assalam mosque, run by Palestinian-born dentist Tayseer Saleh, 42, received funds from the Saudi-based Al-Haramain charity after the mosque broke away from Hungary's main Islamic group, the Hungarian Islam Society, society leader Zoltan Bolek said.

Following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, Al-Haramain has come under scrutiny for suspicions it bankrolled al-Qaida terror activities. Its branches in 10 countries, mostly in Africa and Asia, have been shut down for suspected ties to al-Qaida and other terror groups.

Bolek told The Associated Press that Saleh's mosque "received funds and frequent visits from the Al-Haramain group."

"I feel sorry for Saleh because he was a decent man and they have twisted his mind with their distorted view of Islam," he added.

Bolek estimated that around 20,000 Muslims live in Hungary, but said only around "1 percent" were attracted to extremist views.

Police detained Saleh, a naturalized Hungarian, on Tuesday after the intelligence services and witnesses said he was planning to bomb a Jewish museum in Budapest.

The capture came as Israeli President Moshe Katzan arrived in Budapest to take part in the opening of Hungary's first Holocaust memorial center on Thursday. Police ruled out any connection between the alleged bomb plot and Katzan's visit.

At the Dar-Assalam mosque on Wednesday, a worshipper who refused to identify himself also said that the mosque received funds from Saudi Arabian groups.

"Yes, we have received a lot of funds from Saudi Arabia, but I do not want to name the group," he told AP.

The city-center dental clinic where Saleh worked with his Hungarian wife was closed Wednesday. Calls to the clinic were unanswered.

Police say that they have no information to suggest the bomb plot was linked to foreign terror groups, but they are investigating that possibility.

Police said they have enough evidence to justify the arrest of a Hungarian suspect of Palestinian origin Tuesday

Saleh faces charges of preparing a terror threat, even though authorities discovered no explosives or weapons while searching buildings connected with the suspect.

"We have found other physical evidence and documents, which we are in the process of evaluating," police spokesman Laszlo Garamvolgyi said.

A court will decide on Thursday on whether the dentist should remain in detention.

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