Cairo court upholds jail term for actor Adel Imam on charges of insulting Islam

Al Arabiya News
April 24, 2012

https://www.legal-project.org/2476/cairo-court-upholds-jail-term-for-actor-adel-imam

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A Cairo court upholds a three-month jail sentence for Egyptian film star and the Arab world's most famous comedian, Adel Imam, on charges of insulting Islam , Al Arabiya TV reported on Monday.

Imam, who is considered to be one of the Arab world's biggest film stars, with 40 years of box office hits in and plays under his belt, was sentenced in absentia by a lower court in February.

"Some people seeking fame filed a suit against me over works I have done which they consider insulting to Islam, and this is of course not true," Imam was told AFP after the first ruling against him.

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