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Egyptian Death Sentences for Those Who Involved in "Innocence of Muslims" — and Apparently for Several Uninvolved Coptic Activists
by Eugene Volokh https://www.legal-project.org/3597/egyptian-death-sentences-for-those-who-involved Excerpt: The AP reports that an Egyptian court has sentenced seven Egyptian Coptic Christians, plus American pastor Terry Jones, to death in absentia. (All are now outside the country, so the sentence won't have any legal effect on them unless they return, or go to a country — likely a Muslim one — that is willing to extradite them to Egypt.) The sentences are to be automatically reviewed by Egypt's "chief religious authority" over the next two months. "Egypt's official news agency said the court found the defendants guilty of harming national unity, insulting and publicly attacking Islam and spreading false information." Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Blasphemy in the Muslim World, Islamist Violence or Threats of Physical Violence Against Speech, Pressure Tactics Against Free Speech receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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