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Blogger gets 4 years for insulting Islam
Seattle Post ^ | 02/22/07 | ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER/NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD

Posted on 02/22/2007 11:32:03 PM PST by Earthdweller

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt -- An Egyptian blogger was convicted Thursday and sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Islam, the Prophet Muhammad and Egypt's president, sending a chill through fellow Internet writers who fear a government crackdown.

Abdel Kareem Nabil, a 22-year-old former student at Egypt's Al-Azhar University, an Islamic institution, was a vocal secularist and sharp critic of conservative Muslims in his blog. He also lashed out often at Al-Azhar - the most prominent religious center in Sunni Islam - calling it "the university of terrorism" and accusing it of encouraging extremism.

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Nabil, wearing a gray T-shirt and sitting in the defendants pen, gave no reaction and his face remained still as the verdict was read. He made no comment to reporters as he was immediate led outside to a prison truck.

Seconds after he was loaded into the truck and the door closed, an Associated Press reporter heard the sound of a slap from inside the vehicle and a shriek of pain from Nabil.

His lawyer, Ahmed Seif el-Islam, said he would appeal the verdict....

(Excerpt) Read more at seattlepi.nwsource.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: blogger; blogs; egypt; islam; wot

1 posted on 02/22/2007 11:32:04 PM PST by Earthdweller
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To: Earthdweller

And so to prove they aren't extremist they give him jail time for writing something negative about a school and the president of Egypt.


2 posted on 02/22/2007 11:36:34 PM PST by highlander_UW (I don't know what my future holds, but I know Who holds my future)
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To: Earthdweller

There are some amazingly terrible crapholes in this world...and most of them seem to be ran by Muslims.

Sadly, this prison term for this writer illustrates the evil of Islam and its many minions...(as if we needed yet another example)


3 posted on 02/22/2007 11:37:28 PM PST by dman4384
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To: highlander_UW

But wait, I thought that America was a facist country that tried to quell minority sentiments... What these people are doing makes us look almost... respectful of humans. I-I could be having a break through!

Yes! I got it! America actually kicks ass! I'm free to say and think as I please!

(If only liberals could see... if only...)


4 posted on 02/22/2007 11:41:57 PM PST by MacDorcha (In Theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.)
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To: Earthdweller

'Seconds after he was loaded into the truck and the door closed, an Associated Press reporter heard the sound of a slap from inside the vehicle and a shriek of pain from Nabil'


5 posted on 02/22/2007 11:53:39 PM PST by FLOutdoorsman (Fatigue makes cowards of us all.)
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6 posted on 02/22/2007 11:55:18 PM PST by nutmeg (National Security trumps everything else.)
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To: Earthdweller

"sentenced to four years in prison"

My gut feeling tells me he won't live to see the end of his sentence.


7 posted on 02/23/2007 12:03:26 AM PST by squidward
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To: Earthdweller
How long would they give me in jail for posting this...




9 posted on 02/23/2007 12:16:00 AM PST by Sir Francis Dashwood (LET'S ROLL!)
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To: Earthdweller
Say hello to the real Allahu "Akbar".

Allah was the first born out of a pig's butt, his siblings were piglets.
It's no wonder they worship him, then suiside themselves. Really,
how long could anybody worship a man born from a Pig's butt
before killing themselves. Sheesh, I would.

No human has ever been born that way "since".

Need I say more?

10 posted on 02/23/2007 12:32:16 AM PST by MaxMax (God Bless America)
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To: Earthdweller

What would it cost to bribe the egyptian sand rats and get that man over here to America?


11 posted on 02/23/2007 4:52:27 AM PST by sergeantdave (Consider that nearly half the people you pass on the street meet Lenin's definition of useful idiot)
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To: squidward
"My gut feeling tells me he won't live to see the end of his sentence."

I'm wondering if he's going to make it to the prison.

12 posted on 02/23/2007 6:06:24 AM PST by robertpaulsen
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To: Earthdweller

But Muzzies are only angry because of Israel /s


13 posted on 02/23/2007 6:25:25 AM PST by omega4179 (Hitler had a "Rockstar" personality and was an articulate speaker.)
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To: Earthdweller

I wish we could send Jack Bauer to break him out and bring him here....I like him.


14 posted on 02/23/2007 6:34:50 AM PST by Fawn (LEMME IN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMIdfwo32Y&eurl=)
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To: Earthdweller

Somebody around here has a tagline paraphrased:

Islam is a religion of peace. And if you disagree, we reserve the right to kill you...


15 posted on 02/23/2007 6:36:27 AM PST by Flightdeck
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To: Flightdeck
There are only two kinds of muslims.

1. Those that are muslim, to keep from being threatened, and/or killed, but would be happy under any religion, as long as it didn't involve killing them, and everybody they know.

2. Those that are islamofascists...

They keep telling me it's a religion of peace,
they're right,
a POS!




16 posted on 02/23/2007 7:38:59 AM PST by Issaquahking (Pardon Compean and Ramos Now!)
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To: Earthdweller

Hope he stays alive.


17 posted on 02/23/2007 8:00:35 AM PST by GVnana (Former Alias: GVgirl)
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To: Earthdweller

...sound of a slap from inside the vehicle and a shriek of pain from Nabil.

**
Just one of many, I am sure. Poor guy.


18 posted on 02/23/2007 2:04:46 PM PST by Bigg Red (You are either with us or with the terrorists.)
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To: omega4179

But Muzzies are only angry because of Israel /s

&&
And Geoge Bush. Don't forget what Murtha told us: If we pulled out of Iraq, al-Qaida would disappear.


19 posted on 02/23/2007 2:07:28 PM PST by Bigg Red (You are either with us or with the terrorists.)
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To: Bigg Red

And the demon rats are also saying if George Bush had not gotten us involved in Iraq the peace loving Islamic terrorists would not be upset with us!!!


20 posted on 02/23/2007 4:30:13 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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