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Amran Court adjourns the trial of Masha's murderer (Local).


SANA'A, Dec.21 -- Amran's Primary Court last Thursday adjourned the case of the man who is accused of murdering Masha Ya'ish Al-Nahari, a member of the Jewish community in Raidah district.

During the first session of the court, headed by Judge Abdul Bari
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 Yahya Hamoud Al-Abdi, a 39-year-old ex-Air Force Officer, who is accused of killing Al-Nahari.

Following the list of accusations, and the presentation of evidence, Al-Abdi confessed to murdering Al-Nahari on the 11th September 2008. The court allowed five lawyers to defend the accused, and made a copy of the case file for reference. They will deliver their verdict in the upcoming court session next Monday.

The court asked the prosecution representative to ask Al-Nahari's family to attend this next session, and offer demands of personal and civil rights against the accused.

Al-Abdi justified his actions by saying that he "enabled [Al-Nahari] to choose between embracing Islam, leaving the country, or being killed." He said that he killed Al-Nahari around ten days ago in Raidah.

Al-Abdi told the court judges that he had traveled to Lebanon to fight against Israel, according to according to
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 news reports issued last week.

Al-Abdi met Al-Nahari in the Raidah market. "Learn the message of Islam, you Jew Jew

Any person whose religion is Judaism. In a wider sense the term refers to any member of a worldwide ethnic and cultural group descended from the ancient Hebrews who traditionally practiced the Jewish religion.
," he said, before shooting him five times with his rifle.

The prosecution accused him of the deliberate murder of a Yemeni Jewish citizen, whose rights are protected by both religion and rule of law. It also demanded that the court punish him not only for the murder, but also for the letter that he sent to the Jewish community in Yemen, in which Al-Abdi enjoined them to embrace Islam or leave the country. The prosecution said that he gave the Jews Jews [from Judah], traditionally, descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, whose tribe, with that of his half brother Benjamin, made up the kingdom of Judah; historically, members of the worldwide community of adherents to Judaism.  an ultimatum ultimatum (ŭl'tĭmā`təm), in international law, final, definitive terms submitted by one disputant nation to the other for immediate acceptance or rejection. , and when it expired he carried out the murder. According to different reports, around one hundred thousand Jews still live in Yemen, and around another 22 thousand still hold Yemeni citizenship but have traveled to America and Britain as well as to other countries. In addition, around half a million Yemeni Jews have traveled to Israel....

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Date:Jul 29, 2009
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