Blogger Gets 4 Yrs. In Prison For Insulting Islam?
by Dr. D ~ February 22nd, 2007
AP Story: “ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Feb. 22 – 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.” Read the whole story.
Comment: Oh, Oh! I guess I better not visit Egypt any time soon! From what I read, the blogger was a proponent of ‘reform’ within Islam. Something that most Islamic countries are still not ready for, even those which are supposed to be democratic like Egypt. A year for criticizing the President? Wow, the American blogosphere alone would fill every jail in the world if everyone who criticized Pres. Bush was sentenced to a year. It calls into question what kind of democracy Egypt really has.
