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Egypt's Bible-burning preacher sees prison sentence cut to 5 years
 [Al Ahram] An Egyptian appeal court has rejected the appeal of radical holy man Abu Islam who was tossed in the clinkDrop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! after burning a Bible at a protest. Abu Islam's sentence, originally set at 11 years in prison, was reduced by the court to five years. Ahmed Abdullah, a radical TV preacher known as Abu Islam, burned copies of the Bible during a rally against an anti-Islam film outside the US embassy in Cairo on 11 September 2012. He also told the crowd he would send his grandson to urinate on the Bible. In June, a court sentenced him to 11 years in prison and a LE3,000 fine over the incident. His son, who had been sentenced to eight years and a LE2,000 fine, also saw his sentence reduced on Tuesday, to five years. In a separate case in July 2013, a court sentenced Abu Islam to three years in prison for offending Christianity. Posted by: Fred 2013-12-18 |
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