EGYPT INDEPENDENT: Nasr City Misdemeanour Court has sentenced Abu Islam, the controversial Salafi preacher, to 11 years in prison for insulting Christianity and threatening public security.
The court sentenced Abu Islam, otherwise known as Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud Abdallah, for disparaging Egypt's minority faith, vandalising a Bible and disturbing public security, setting a bail of LE3,000 to potentially suspend the punishment.
The court also sentenced Abu Islam's son to 8 years in prison for complicity with his father. » | Al-Masry Al-Youm | Sunday, June 16, 2013
