I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I do protect human rights, and I hope I shall always be looked up as a champion of human rights.
I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.
My name is Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown. I am a devoted servant of Allah, and an unwavering devotee to His cause. For more than 30 years, I have been tormented and persecuted by my enemies for reasons of race and belief.
My arrest in Egypt happened in 2002, and I was convicted to five years as a political prisoner.
My office has been one of the most scrupulous in the country with regard to the protection of individual rights. I've been on record for years in law journals and books as championing the rights of the individual against the oppressive power of the state.
I have a record as attorney general that is separate from my personal beliefs.
I've made sure that I've stood for privacy and the rights of the people time and time again.
What my job is, is to get on with getting the process of democratic politics, back on the road, entrenching the peace settlement, and I ask you to judge me on my record.
I was held in the Mazra Tora Prison for my role as leader of the pan-Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir in Alexandria.
I am passionate about human rights.
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