CAIRO (Reuters) - A lawsuit filed against Egyptian comic actor Adel Imam for insulting Islam was rejected by a court on Thursday, but he could still face a jail sentence for a conviction in a similar case, his lawyers said. Earlier, the state-run full story ![]()
A popular Egyptian satirical show host was issued an arrest warrant Saturday for allegedly insulting Islam and President Mohamed Morsi. Egypt's state prosecutor ordered the arrest of satirist Bassem Youssef on a formal complaint accusing him of insulting the president, denigrating Islam and spreading false news with the aim of disrupting public order, on his television show,...
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CAIRO (AP) — A Cairo court turned down on Saturday a suit filed by a Muslim Brotherhood lawyer demanding that a popular Egyptian satirist's TV show be banned for allegedly insulting the president a...
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An Egyptian court has blocked online video service YouTube for a month for insulting the Muslim Prophet Mohammad.
abc.net.au (3 months and 13 days ago)

Bassem Youssef, known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, was arrested for allegedly insulting Islam and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi.
hollywoodreporter.com (1 month and 21 days ago)
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's prosecutors on Tuesday referred a Christian schoolteacher to trial on charges of insulting Islam, judicial sources said. Dimiana Abdel-Nour, who was arrested on Wednesday, was accused by her Muslim students' parents of insulting Islam and comparing it to Christianity by saying that the late Coptic Pope Shenouda was better than the Prophet Mohammad. ...
yahoo.com (9 days ago)

CAIRO - A Cairo court on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit filed by an Islamist lawyer demanding that a popular Egyptian satirist's TV show be banned for allegedly insulting the president and conta…
azstarnet.com (1 month and 15 days ago)
An Egyptian satirist was released on bail Sunday after he faced questioning on charges of insulting Islam and the country's president.
wsj.com (1 month and 21 days ago)
An Egyptian court ordered the video-sharing website YouTube to be blocked in the country for a month after the site declined to remove an American-made video clip that was deemed insulting to Islam.
wsj.com (3 months and 13 days ago)
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Saturday threw out a lawsuit calling for a popular television satirist to be banned for insulting the president and Islam, but he still faces a criminal investigation on similar charges.
reuters.com (1 month and 16 days ago)
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court ordered the suspension of online video service YouTube for a month on Saturday for broadcasting a film insulting the Prophet Mohammad, state media reported.
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