Egyptian lawyer Ahmed Abu Al-Ala Madi posted photos of the famous businessman Rajab El-Suweirki, owner of the Tawheed and Nour stores chain, with some family members after his release from prison. The investigative authorities had charged the detainees with joining the terrorist group Brotherhood and providing it with funds to achieve its goals of violently changing the political regime, assaulting members of the armed forces and police, damaging public facilities, harming the national economy, and financing the activities of a terrorist organization with millions of pounds by depositing money into the accounts of the group's leaders, in addition to providing in-kind assistance valued at millions of pounds.
Security investigations revealed that the decision to arrest the accused was based on a judicial warrant for their capture, leading security forces to arrest and detain them. The investigations included questioning the accused about their relationship with the terrorist group and their financing methods, their roles and responsibilities, the extent of the group's membership, its spread, and the individuals responsible for financing it during the previous period. The investigative authorities issued a decision to seize the accused’s assets and placed them on travel ban lists.
In January 2015, the Giza Misdemeanor Court, presided by Judge Mohamed Fathy, acquitted El-Suweirki of the charge of insulting the Egyptian flag by placing it on shoes sold in his stores during the first session of the trial. In 2002, the court sentenced El-Suweirki to seven years in prison for marrying five wives simultaneously and for forgery in divorce and marriage certificates with the help of legal registrars, but the sentence was reduced to three years after an appeal in 2003.
