In 2003, Aldebe wrote a letter of appeal to then Swedish Minister for Justice
Thomas Bodström, requesting a new trial for the brothers Rezkar and Dakhaz Atroshi, who were sentenced to life in prison for assisting in the
honor killing of 19-year-old
Pela Atroshi in
Iraqi Kurdistan in 1999. The murder was described by the court as an example of
honor killing. In the letter, which Aldebe wrote on behalf of and as vice chairman of the
Muslim Council of Sweden, Aldebe claimed that the brothers were innocent and that the verdict was the result of a "conspiracy" involving leading politicians, the police and the media. In an article published in
Expressen on 3 October 2005, Swedish Imam and Muslim convert
Abd al Haqq Kielan wrote that Aldebe had approached him and said to him that he was "a Jew who has converted to Islam to destroy for the Muslims" and that he had also called him "
Shayṭān" (
Satan). Kielan further accused Aldebe of using
undemocratic methods such as "threats, slander and reprisal" against critics. == References ==