Nisbet, Ian

Ian converted to Islam while studying for an Engineering degree at a London university. He has worked as an IT professional and Maths teacher. In 2002 he was living in Cairo, then suddenly at night he and 118 others were taken by Egyptian State Security forces to an underground dungeon, blindfolded and forced to listen to the screams of other captives being tortured with electricity. He was later charged and convicted in an unfair trial in an Emergency State Security Court for belonging to a banned Islamic political party. He was released in 2006 after serving three-quarters of his five year s...