But the photos only quieted the rumor mill momentarily the taboo against discussing Mubarak’s health was broken, and with it the fear of discussing a post-Mubarak Egypt. Was this sudden slip in Mubarak’s health actually a sign of the end of his thirty-year regime?Īs if to quell this notion, images of Mubarak joking with his doctors in Heidelberg were released ten days after his operation. Journalists and activists wondered whether the malady might be something more serious, and the wondering sounded an awful lot like hoping. The president remained out of sight, and social networking sites lit up with speculations. But now state television was issuing regular briefings about Mubarak’s gallbladder surgery and recovery, and although the tone was the same - Mubarak’s surgery was a success! His recovery is remarkable! - the plot had changed. Although Eissa was eventually pardoned, the message was clear: anyone who called attention to the fading health of the leader would be punished. Only two years earlier, journalist Ibrahim Eissa had been jailed for questioning Mubarak’s health. As stunning as the news itself was the fact that it was reported at all.
But shortly after a joint press conference on Thursday, March 4, Mubarak took an unscheduled trip to Heidelberg, and on Friday Egyptians received the really interesting news out of Germany: Mubarak, aged eighty-two, would be going into emergency surgery the following morning. The meetings seemed perfectly unremarkable. The nascent Egyptian Secularist Party launched a campaign in November calling for the repeal of an Egyptian law punishing contempt of religion with up to five years in prison, Daily News Egypt reported.In March 2010, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was in Berlin talking to Chancellor Angela Merkel about Middle East peace prospects, bilateral relations, and so on.
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His trial sparked public controversy and he got the support of many journalists, writers, scholars and human rights activists.Įl-Beheiry and Naoot’s convictions come amid public debate over freedom of speech in Egypt.
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Naoot argued that humans justified their lust for killing and enjoying the smell of cooking game by attempting to bestow a divine meaning to their actions.Įgyptian authorities put TV host Islam Behery in prison in December after a court reduced to one year an earlier five-year sentence against him for "contempt of religion" over comments he made questioning the credibility of some sayings of the Prophet Mohammed on his now-suspended TV programme.Įl-Beheiry is appealing against his prison sentence. Naoot also wrote in an article in Egyptian daily El-Masry El-Youm criticizing the traditional slaughter of sheep during Eid, the Islamic festival of sacrifice and one of the main Muslim religious holidays worldwide.ĭuring questioning, Naoot admitted writing the Facebook post but denied that her aim was to insult Islam, Al-Ahram said. In October, she described in a post on her Facebook account Eid Al-Adha’s tradition of slaughtering sheep as the "greatest massacre committed by human beings".
The jail sentence is effective immediately, although Naoot will be able to lodge an appeal from behind bars. Naoot, a former parliament candidate, is the second public figure to receive a jail term in less than a month for charges related to blasphemy, the paper said.
An Egyptian court has sentenced secular writer Fatima Naoot to three years in prison and a fine of $2,550 after being found guilty of insulting Islam, daily Al-Ahram reported.
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