June 3, 2013

EGYPT: Christian Lawyer Convicted of Offending Islam under Sharia Blasphemy Law, Sentenced to Prison and Hard Labor

Atlas Shrugs
written by Pamela Geller
Saturday June 1, 2013

Obama means to impose the same Islamic law here as well. This poor man can expect no help from us -- no threats for withholding aid because of the egregious violation of basic human rights.

The bottom line is that Roman Murad Saad should be offered immediate asylum in this country.

Obama's foreign policy metastasizes:
"Egyptian Christian Lawyer Convicted of Blasphemy" AP via NY Times, June 1, 2013 (thanks to Lookmann)

ASSIUT, Egypt — An Egyptian court has convicted a Coptic Christian lawyer in the southern province of Assiut on charges of blasphemy and sentenced him to one year in prison with hard labor.

The verdict against Roman Murad Saad was handed down on Saturday. It's the latest in a surge of blasphemy cases following Egypt's 2011 uprising.

Saad was sentenced in absentia. If he's arrested or surrenders to authorities, he will be given a retrial and will have to pay 10,000 Egyptians pounds (around $1,400) in fines.

Court officials say Saad was found guilty of ridiculing Islam's holy book, the Quran, at a lawyers' union library. No further details were immediately available in the case.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to media.

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