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**Illirmpipse** · 02-24-2007, 01:50 AM

As one of the more liberal nations in the mid-East, this is very worrying. Where will it end though? What's to stop similar laws from being enacted in the West? Does that mean a member of this Forum who lives in Egypt who posts a comment on this site that someone in his/her government doesn't agree with, is liable for imprisonment? This is very serious stuff!

Egyptian blogger gets 4 years in prison - Yahoo! News

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - An Egyptian blogger was convicted Thursday and sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Islam and Egypt's president, sending a chill through fellow Internet writers who fear a government crackdown.

Abdel Kareem Nabil, a 22-year-old former student at Egypt's Al-Azhar University, had been a vocal secularist and sharp critic of conservative Muslims in his blog. He often lashed out at Al-Azhar — the most prominent religious center in Sunni Islam — calling it "the university of terrorism" and accusing it of encouraging extremism.

02-24-2007, 01:50 AM	#1
Illirmpipse Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 427 Senior Member	Egyptian blogger jailed for comments As one of the more liberal nations in the mid-East, this is very worrying. Where will it end though? What's to stop similar laws from being enacted in the West? Does that mean a member of this Forum who lives in Egypt who posts a comment on this site that someone in his/her government doesn't agree with, is liable for imprisonment? This is very serious stuff! Egyptian blogger gets 4 years in prison - Yahoo! News ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - An Egyptian blogger was convicted Thursday and sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Islam and Egypt's president, sending a chill through fellow Internet writers who fear a government crackdown. Abdel Kareem Nabil, a 22-year-old former student at Egypt's Al-Azhar University, had been a vocal secularist and sharp critic of conservative Muslims in his blog. He often lashed out at Al-Azhar — the most prominent religious center in Sunni Islam — calling it "the university of terrorism" and accusing it of encouraging extremism.
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