Tag: Islam El-Beheiry

Al-Azhar lawsuit against TV presenter Islam El-Beheiry postponed

The lawsuit was filed in 2015 accusing the TV presenter of “deliberately…

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Presidency issues pardons to 82 detainees, names yet to be revealed

Researcher Islam El-Beheiry featured among pardoned ahead of his last month in…

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Fatima Naoot safe from prison: defence lawyer

Egyptian writer skipped court session for international conference in Canada; previously sentenced…

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Citizen detained for burning Islamic teachings in front of Al-Azhar

Charges of ‘contempt of religion’ continue despite widespread calls for law to…

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Court postpones Al-Azhar lawsuit against El-Beheiry to 4 April

El-Beheiry to appeal ''contempt of religion" verdict on 21 March, says Sadek

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4 minors sentenced to 5 years in prison for charges of ‘religious contempt’

Coptic teenagers in Minya accused of producing video ‘insulting’ Islam

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Ahmed Nagy: the widening chasm between constituted authority and ad hoc governance

The constitution allows for freedom of expression, but in practice, the state…

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El-Beheiry to serve 1-year sentence after motion to appeal is denied

El-Beheiry was accused contempt of religion and insulting Al-Azhar, Egypt’s largest Islamic…

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Fatima Naoot sentenced to 3 years for ‘insulting Islam’

The writer was charged with contempt of religion

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Religion, social unawareness, and freedoms of belief and speech

Can closed societies be receptive to reform or secularism?

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