[whataretheysaying] Mary Madigan: Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Soliman sentenced to four years in prison

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Posted by Mary Madigan:
Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Soliman sentenced to four years in prison 
http://whataretheysaying.powerblogs.com/posts/1172251498.shtml


   [1]Sandmonkey reports at Pajamas Media:

     Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Soliman was sentenced to four years
     in prison yesterday in a Cairo court. He will sit in jail for three
     years for the crime of âcontempt for religionâ and one year for
     âinsulting the presidentâ.

     For those of you who havenât been following the case, welcome to
     the Middle East. They do indeed have crimes like that around here.

     Almost as disturbing as the sentence was the public reaction. As
     the court hearing ended, the media moved to the street in front of
     the courthouse and started interviewing people about what they
     thought of the trial. With the exception of human rights activists
     and bloggers, the Egyptian public seemed satisfied with the
     verdict, if not disappointed it wasnât longer.

     Many people expressed the view that Abdel Kareem should be killed
     for what he wrote, and each of them shared their preferred way to
     kill him: stabbing, hanging, and of course, the classic beheading.
     One actually asked a lawyer if it was legal to now kill him, since
     this verdict clearly brands him as an apostate, and the Sharia
     punishment for an apostasy is death. People were talking about
     killing him in the most casual manner, as if he was no longer a
     human being to them...

   [2]..more.

References

   1. http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/02/abdel_kareem_egypts_free_speec.php
   2. http://pajamasmedia.com/2007/02/abdel_kareem_egypts_free_speec.php