In a stark reminder of the perils some face when using the Internet to express themselves, an Egyptian blogger has been sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of insulting Islam and the country’s president in his writings. An Egyptian court on Thursday found that 22-year old Abdel Kareem Nabil had used his Web log postings to insult the Islamic religion, the Prophet Muhammad and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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Blogger Gets Four-Year Jail Term for Insulting Islam
Posted by: Keith Regan February 22, 2007 01:28 PMIn a stark reminder of the perils some face when using the Internet to express themselves, an Egyptian blogger has been sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of insulting Islam and the country’s president in his writings. An Egyptian court on Thursday found that 22-year old Abdel Kareem Nabil had used his Web log postings to insult the Islamic religion, the Prophet Muhammad and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.