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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Egypt arrests student for atheism

From Al Ahram:
An Ismailiya misdemeanour court has ordered the detention of a Suez Canal University student for 15 days, pending investigations on accusations that he insulted religion, the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE) said.

Sherif Gaber was arrested on Sunday after his university administration filed a report against him saying he formed a Facebook group for atheists.

Article 98 of Egypt's penal code says anyone convicted of offending religion in any form can face up to six years in prison.
That's funny. I never heard of that law being enforced against any insults to Judaism, Christianity or any religion besides Islam.