CAIRO: Muslim Brotherhood financier Mohamed Khayrat El-Shater was summoned for interrogation Monday on account of a translation error in an edition of the Quran published by a printing house he owns.
According to MB lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maqsoud, El-Shater was called into questioning over the Quranic edition because there was one verse whose interpretation was not translated into English and which he attributed to a printing error.
“El-Shater owns the publishing house responsible for printing it, but it was seized as part of the government seizure of [Brotherhood] assets pending the military court case, Abdel Maqsoud told Daily News Egypt.
El-Shater is considered the chief financier of the outlawed group as well as third in command overall and is currently facing charges at a military tribunal for money laundering and belonging to a banned organization.
The high profile trial is part of a crackdown on the group, which led to the seizure of billions of pounds in assets, including many publishing houses (including the one in this case owned by El-Shater personally) as well as arrests of other group members, including top ranking figures such as Essam El-Erian, who was released in October after being held for several months.
And while El-Shater still faces charges in front of a military tribunal, this is one case he no longer needs to worry about according to Abdel Maqsoud.
“He has no direct relation to this case, he said, “and the authorities found the publishing house shut down as part of the seized assets. They shelved the case and released him after the questioning [which lasted under an hour].
