Egyptian cleric convicted ardent Bible
Cairo An extremist Muslim cleric received a suspended sentence of 11 years to rip and burn a Bible. Nasr City Cairo court sentenced Ahmed Abdullah, also known as Abu Islam, and his eight year old son on the same incident, the Middle East News Agency reported. The two were sentenced to pay a fine of 5,000 Egyptian pounds ($ 700). The decision may be appealed. Abdullah tore a Bible, and burned at a rally by the ultra conservative Muslims in front of the Embassy of the United States in Cairo to protest against an anti-Islam film produced in the United States. It was a rare prosecution of attacks against religions other than Islam. According to Egyptian law, showing contempt for Christianity, Islam and Judaism religions known as "celestial" is a crime. Lawyers and rights groups complain the definition of contempt of religion is vague and has been used most frequently against critics of Islam. Blasphemy loads are not uncommon in Egypt under ousted President Hosni Mubarak, but there has been a sharp increase in such cases over the past month. The trend is widely seen as a reflection of the power and confidence of more Islamists after the electoral victories by the Muslim Brotherhood. Writers, activists and a television actor have recently been accused of blasphemy, but Christians seem to be the favorite target of Islamic prosecutors. The case of Abdullah rare sentence against a Muslim cleric.
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