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| Egyptian writer to face trial for insulting Islam |
| 2014-12-28 |
| [ARABNEWS] Egypt's prosecutor has referred a female writer to trial for allegedly insulting Islam by criticizing the slaughter of animals during a major religious festival, a judicial official said on Saturday. "Happy massacre," Fatima Naoot wrote on her Facebook page in October during Eid Al-Adha. Animals are slaughtered during Eid to commemorate the willingness of Abraham to fulfil God's command to sacrifice his own son, although in the end God provided him with a sheep. |
| Posted by:Fred |