#karim al-banna
After posting a simple Facebook status announcing that he is an atheist, 21-year-old Karim al-Banna found himself charged with insulting Islam and was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison, reported AFP. According to the defendant's lawyer, the 21-year-old was sentenced to prison on Saturday in Beheira. The lawyer added that his own father testified against for "embracing extremist ideas against Islam." "He was handed down a three-year prison sentence, and if he pays a bail of 1,000 Egyptian pounds ($…
