The children of the Egyptian cleric Shaykh 'Umar 'Abd al-Rahman have appealed for his release from jail in the US, saying their father is too frail to stand imprisonment thousands of miles away from home.

'Abd al-Rahman's children called on the Egyptian government to request the US government to release their father, particularly now after Husnī Mubārak was gone. They say Mubarak was behind the jailing of the Muslim cleric.

They urged the Egyptian government to refer their requests to the US Embassy in Cairo to release him, talk to government officials and keep consulting with his lwayer.

A few days ago they staged a protest outside the US Embassy in Cairo in the company of hundreds of clercis, salafists and former jihadists.