Egyptian blogger Kareem, who’s been in police custody for two months pending investigation, will show up in Moharram Beik Court Thursday 18 January in Alexandria to face charges that include: posting articles on the internet deemed “insulting” to the president and the Islamic faith.

[Above: Photo of Kareem taken on November 8, 2006. Kareem had been detained for four days pending investigations. That day was his first time before the judge. His detention was renewed for another 15 days then. You can read about it here. This pic was taken by blogger Mahmoud el-Banhawy with his mobile phone camera. Kareem was inside the court cell waiting for his judge to arrive.]

For those religious conservatives cheering Kareem’s arrest, and his expulsion from Al-Azhar University for his “anti-Islamic views”… The regime that detained and put Kareem on trial, is the same regime that kidnapped 180 Muslim Brotherhood students from Al-Azhar dorms and has Khairat el-Shatter slowly dying in prison… is the same regime that denies Copts equal treatment as citizens of this country… is the same regime that sodomizes leftists and ordinary citizens… is the same regime that intimidates workers on strikes… is the same regime that tortured and killed the peasants of Sarando…

Wake up! It’s not about liking Kareem’s ideas or not… You cheer Kareem’s persecution today, your turn is coming tomorrow…