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Egyptian Muslim Cleric Receives Suspended Prison Sentence for Burning Bible

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:04:20 GMT

Source: christiannews.net --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
CAIRO (AP) — A hard-line Muslim cleric received an 11-year suspended sentence Sunday for tearing up and burning a Bible, Egypt’s official news agency said. Cairo’s Nasr City court sentenced Ahmed Abdullah and his son was given a suspended sentence of eight years over the same incident, the Middle East News Agency reported. The two were ordered to pay a fine of 5,000 Egyptian pounds ($700). The ruling can be appealed. Continue reading this story >> ...

Muslim Cleric Sentenced for Bible Burning

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:03:32 GMT

Source: www.cbn.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
A hardline Muslim cleric in Egypt has been given an 11-year suspended sentence for tearing up and burning a Bible. ...

Last Friday Iran elected a new president in cleric Hassan Rohani, but will the n...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:46:08 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Last Friday Iran elected a new president in cleric Hassan Rohani, but will the new leader lead to better U.S. - Iranian relations? http://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/2013/06/will-results-iran’s-presidential-election-bring-meaningful-change Will the Results of Iran’s Presidential Election Bring Meaningful Change? | Bipartisan Policy Center bipartisanpolicy.org Citizens for Political Reform are informed, opinionated Americans committed to understanding and fixing the partisan divide. Sign up to receive updates and find out how you can join us and improve our democracy. ...

After eight years of legal wrangling, radical cleric Abu Qatada could soon be on...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:20:01 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
After eight years of legal wrangling, radical cleric Abu Qatada could soon be on the plane to Jordon. In a move that will have Theresa May dancing with delight, the King of Jordan has endorsed a treaty, secured by May and already signed between the two countries, that guarantees a fair trial for Qatada. Is this the end of May's deportation humiliation? http://bit.ly/17Vvs8s ...

Muslim cleric jailed 11 years for burning the Bible during a protest in Egypt

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:05:54 GMT

Source: www.ynaija.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
ephesians4-15.blogspot CAIRO (Reuters) – A Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian Muslim preacher to 11 years in jail for blasphemy on Sunday for burning a Bible during a protest last year outside the U.S. embassy. Convictions for insulting Islam are common in Egypt, ruled by Islamists after the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011, but more rare for cases involving the minority Christian faith. Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud, known as Abu Islam, who runs his own religious television channel, led a demonstration in September against a U.S.-made anti-Islam video posted on the Internet. His son was sentenced to eight years in jail for the same offence. Both will remain at liberty pending appeal. The video’s depiction of the Prophet Mohammad as a fool and sexual deviant set off anti-American protests across the Muslim world. The film was later attributed to a Californian born in Egypt’s Coptic Christian community, a group that has expressed concern about the rise of Islamist political power. Read more: Yahoonews ...

Bible-burning Egyptian cleric sentenced

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:20:05 GMT

Source: theundergroundsite.com --- Monday, June 17, 2013
A Muslim cleric received an 11-year suspended sentence Sunday for destroying a Bible according to Egypt's official news agency. ... ...

Cleric: Israel Toys with Egyptian Opposition in Keeping with the Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:03:00 GMT

Source: www.israelifrontline.com --- Monday, June 17, 2013
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"[The election of Cleric Hassan Rouhani] firmly puts the ball back in Washington...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:00:00 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Monday, June 17, 2013
"[The election of cleric Hassan Rouhani] firmly puts the ball back in Washington’s court," Reza Marashi of the National Iranian American Council says. "You say you want a moderate voice? Here you have a former nuclear negotiator that, by all accounts, is tough but fair, somebody that the West can do business with." Should the U.S. ease the crippling economic sanctions? How do you think the U.S. should react? Iran Elects Moderate President Hassan Rouhani — Will U.S. Respond by Easing Crippling Sanctions? www.democracynow.org In what is being hailed as a victory for reform and moderation inside Iran, the cleric Hassan Rouhani has won the Iranian presidential election. Democracy Now! speaks with Reza Marashi of the National Iranian American Council. ...

“Moderate” cleric wins Iranian presidential election Amid deepening social and...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 19:50:13 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Monday, June 17, 2013
“Moderate” cleric wins Iranian presidential election Amid deepening social and economic crisis, Hassan Rouhani won Iran’s presidential election last Friday with an outright majority of 50.7 percent, avoiding the need for a second round run-off. Rouhani, a cleric, had the backing of key figures of the so-called reformist faction of the regime—former presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami. “Moderate” cleric wins Iranian presidential election - World Socialist Web Site wsws.org While Rouhini has called for moderation and dialogue with the West, the Obama administration will accept nothing less than complete capitulation to its demands. ...

Muslim Cleric in Egypt Sentenced to 11 Years for Ripping up Bible, Insulting Christianity, and “Disturbing Peace and Security”

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:40:56 GMT

Source: www.volokh.com --- Monday, June 17, 2013
(Eugene Volokh) So reports Daily News Egypt : Coptic lawyer Naguib Gabriel had filed a complaint against Abu Islam, accusing the preacher of insulting the Christian faith and Egyptian women, specifically Christian women. Abu Islam, who owns Al-Omma satellite channel, tore a Bible apart on 11 September 2012 at a protest outside the US Embassy in Cairo against the Innocence of Muslims, a film that caused widespread demonstrations across the Muslim world. During a programme on his channel, he said that 90% of the female protesters in Tahrir Square were Christian, saying they attend the demonstrations “half naked” with the purpose of getting sexually harassed. The cleric’s son was likewise sentenced to eight years in prison for his participation in the same act. Thanks to Prof. Howard Friedman (Religion Clause) for the pointer. ...

Egypt's Bible Burning Cleric Sentenced to 11 Years

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:29:19 GMT

Source: www.christianpost.com --- Monday, June 17, 2013
A court in Egypt sentenced a Muslim cleric, who is known for his hate speeches against Coptic Christians, to 11 years in jail for tearing up and burning a Bible during a protest against an anti-Islam film outside the U.S. embassy last year. ...

Bible-burning Egyptian cleric jailed for 11 years

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:00:00 GMT

Source: blogs.reuters.com --- Monday, June 17, 2013
(An Egyptian Salafist holds an anti-Coptic Christian banner outside a courthouse in Cairo October 14, 2012 before the trial of Ahmed Mohamed Abdullah, known as Abu Islam. REUTERS Mohamed Abd El Ghany ) A Cairo court sentenced an Egyptian Muslim preacher to 11 years in jail for blasphemy on Sunday for burning a Bible during a protest last year outside the U.S. embassy. Convictions for insulting Islam are common in Egypt, ruled by Islamists after the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011, but more rare for cases involving the minority Christian faith. Ahmed Mohamed Mahmoud, known as Abu Islam, who runs his own religious television channel, led a demonstration in September against a U.S.-made anti-Islam video posted on the Internet. His son was sentenced to eight years in jail for the same offence. Both will remain at liberty pending appeal. The video’s depiction of the Prophet Mohammad as a fool and sexual deviant set off anti-American protests across the Muslim world. The film was later attributed to a Californian born in Egypt’s Coptic Christian community, a group that has expressed concern about the rise of Islamist political power. via Bible-burning Egyptian cleric jailed for 11 years | Reuters . ...

Hardline Egypt cleric sentenced for burning Bible

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:10:06 GMT

Source: gulfnews.com --- Monday, June 17, 2013
cleric’s son is given a suspended sentence of eight years ...

Iran Elects Moderate Cleric Hasan Rouhani President

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:00:00 GMT

Source: www.npr.org --- Monday, June 17, 2013
Moderate cleric Hasan Rouhani replaces Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has been in power since 2005. David Greene talks to Thomas Erdbrink, a reporter for The New York Times in Tehran, about Iran's newly elected president. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us ...

Egyptian Muslim cleric receives suspended sentence for burning Bible

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:00:35 GMT

Source: www.independent.co.uk --- Sunday, June 16, 2013
A hard-line Muslim cleric received an 11-year suspended sentence today for tearing up and burning a Bible, Egypt's official news agency said. Related Stories Nelson Mandela 'continuing to improve' in Pretoria hospital Mandela has made 'sustained improvement', but remains in serious condition says Zuma Behind the rhetoric what is really being done to combat desertification? ...

Egyptian cleric recommends viewers read "Protocols of Elders of Zion"

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:00:00 GMT

Source: elderofziyon.blogspot.com --- Sunday, June 16, 2013
From MEMRI : Following are excerpts from a panel featuring Egyptian cleric Khaled Kholif of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, which aired on Al-Hafez TV on May 27, 2013: Khaled Kholif: America and Israel are pleased with [the Egyptian opposition] movements, which are led by the brainless. They have said so in The Protocols. Let me tell you exactly what they said in The Protocols: "We will strive to undermine security in the lands of the Gentiles, through reckless revolutions, led by the brainless." It says so in The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, as translated by Khalifa Al-Tunisi. If you haven't read it, you should. [...] This might lead to our inevitable conflict with the Jews, who stand behind the [Egyptian opposition]. The Jews invented socialism. Karl Marx's grandfather Mordechai Marx, was a Jew, as was Engles, the German. [...] Oh, and as far as that "inevitable conflict with the Jews," an Al Azhar University cleric elaborated on that theme : The Islamic nation, which is the guardian of Truth, must be aware of the conspiracies of Falsehood, and of the snares of those who lie in wait. Allah has taught [Muslims] that their worst enemies are those about whom He said: "You shall find the Jews and the polytheists to be the most hostile towards the believers" [Koran 5:82]. Thus, Allah made Jihad for His sake and endurance of pain and hardship effective means to fight the people of Falsehood.... The confrontation [with ...

Cautious welcome to Iran new president, moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:55:00 GMT

Source: en.mercopress.com --- Sunday, June 16, 2013
World powers offered cautious welcome to moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani after he was declared Iran's new president, amid persistent concerns over Tehran's nuclear program. ...

Hard Line Egyptian Cleric Sentenced To 11 Years For Burning Bible!

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 19:21:00 GMT

Source: blazingcatfur.blogspot.com --- Sunday, June 16, 2013
Except his sentence was suspended... ...

Hard-line Egypt cleric sentenced for burning Bible

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:21:51 GMT

Source: thegreatone22.wordpress.com --- Sunday, June 16, 2013
What a great world this would be if there were no Bibles or Korans! Just think of all the blood that has been spilled throughout the history of mankind as a result of the lies and superstitions written in those worthless volumes… As far as I’m concerned, everyone who burns a Bible or Koran should be rewarded, not punished. TGO Refer to story below . Source: Associated Press By MARIAM RIZK | Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A hard-line Muslim cleric received an 11-year suspended sentence Sunday for tearing up and burning a Bible, Egypt’s official news agency said. Cairo’s Nasr City court sentenced Ahmed Abdullah and his son was given a suspended sentence of eight years over the same incident, the Middle East News Agency reported. The two were ordered to pay a fine of 5,000 Egyptian pounds ($700). The ruling can be appealed. Abdullah ripped up a Bible and burned it during a Sept. 11 rally by ultraconservative Salafi Muslims in front of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, protesting an anti-Islam film produced in the United States. It was a rare prosecution over attacks on faiths other than Islam. Over the past two years, attacks by extremist Muslims against followers of other religions, mostly Christians, have been on the increase. According to Egyptian law, showing contempt toward Christianity, Islam and Judaism known as “heavenly” religions is a crime. Lawyers and rights groups complain the definition of contempt of religion is vague and has ...

Moderate cleric Rowhani wins Iran presidential election

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:00:07 GMT

Source: www.hurriyetdailynews.com --- Sunday, June 16, 2013
Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani has won Iran's presidential election, the interior minister announced, ending eight years of conservative grip on power. ...