EGYPTIAN AUTHOR FATIMA NOOR TO FACE TRIAL FOR INSULTING ISLAM ON FACEBOOK—HER CRIME? SHE CRITICISED THE WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMAL SACRIFICE FOR EID 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, the Muslim feast of sacrifice. 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. “Massacre committed by men over the past 10 centuries and followed by men each year with a smile,” Naoot wrote at the time. english.alarabiya.net/en/media/digital/2014/12/27/Egypt-writer-to-face-trial-for-insulting-Islam-.html
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 18:19:13 +0000