In the West, we don’t arrest people for criticizing Islam. We just excoriate them as “far-right,” “bigoted” “Islamophobes,” and blacken their names to the extent that all decent people shun them. We are much more enlightened in the U.S. than they are in Egypt.
“Atheist blogger arrested in Egypt for anti-Islam criticism,” The New Arab, May 5, 2018:
An atheist blogger who was previously detained for promoting his anti-religion views, was arrested by Egyptian police, a rights lawyer said on Saturday.
Sherif Gaber was in police custody on Saturday and set to be questioned by the prosecution on Sunday, Gamal Eid, head of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, told AFP.
“He has been arrested and should be questioned tomorrow,” Eid said.
It was not immediately clear when Gaber was arrested.
In late March, Gaber tweeted that “some Muslim lawyers” filed a complaint against him with the attorney general for his critical views on Islam.
“I’ll probably get arrested in the next few days, but I don’t want you to get mad,” he wrote.
In 2013, Gaber was detained for allegedly promoting atheism – a punishable act in Egypt under a law that bans “insults to religions”.
The young Egyptian regularly uploads videos on his YouTube channel, where he criticises religion, most notable Islam, to some 150,000 subscribers….
Peter Buckley says
Atheism growing- Islam collapsing in Egypt. Muslims admit it:
https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/2/40633/OPINION-The-atheists-are-coming
https://gulfnews.com/news/mena/egypt/rise-of-atheism-in-egypt-sparks-concern-1.1406120
Nothing will stop this. Islam is destroying itself. What we are witnessing are the first stages of its humiliation
mortimer says
SISI’S brand new LIBERAL EGYPT … ?
Same as the bad, old MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD Egypt in the matter of human rights.
mortimer says
No… that is not it … the Egyptian government wants to keep the Islamists from exploding onto the streets and murdering innocent people in riots.
Egypt is on the edge of a civil war at all times.
gravenimage says
Mortimer–with all respect–your apologia for Egypt arresting this poor man is pretty hard to take. Egypt is just enforcing “blasphemy” laws like the rest of Dar-al-Islam.
KJW says
These countries that still have blasphemy laws and restrictions on free expression are propagating such violent mobs. If their governments had banned the laws, then Muslims would learn not to be so mental. No religion that suppresses commentary is a religion worth following. Yes, it is weak, Muslims are weak, so they react with violence, mobs, riots, get shows cancelled, etc. and they think of these things as triumphant. Bullies.
Matthieu Baudin says
One wonders if it would have been more dangerous for this man to publicly renounce his (I’m assuming) Muslim background to convert to Coptic Christianity?
gravenimage says
Egypt: Atheist blogger arrested for criticizing Islam
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This poor man. I hope he stays safe.
So much for the idea that things are fine under Al-Sisi…
A persecuted Christian says
The law implemented in Egypt that prohibits mocking of all religions is actually an excuse to punish Christians and atheists. This law is never enforced if a muslin insults Christianity
gravenimage says
Spot on.
FYI says
People must be perfectly entitled to be free from religion,to be atheists or humanists.
It is a basic human right.
I personally would prefer to live in a secular world where religion is not permitted to dominate life and also where their is a clear separation between church and state(there is in the west but there isn’t in the Islamic world)Thanks to the treasonous,Leftard policies of allowing mass islamic immigration ,a secular west now appears to be impossible.
Much of what constitutes organised religion is appaling:from patriarchal,fradulently pious holy joes(or holy yusufs)making life a misery for many people with all sorts of arbitrary rules and regulations.
Yet,it is imperative to COMPARE and CONTRAST world religions with respect to what they teach.
What is promoted by that creed,what it sanctions,what behavior is acceptable etc.
Jews and Christians are subject to certain official Commandments of God{10+2}.The problem for muslims is that their koran does not conform to these same laws of God{and incredibly,the 2 chief commandments,found in Christianity and Judaism,are completely missing in islam}
There are no Hindus planning to conquer the world{compare with the islamic Dar al harb)
There is no such thing as a Jain suicide bomber.
Sikhs do not force their religion on anyone.
Jews and Christians subscribe to a 10+2 commandment morality system where God is defined in terms of Love
There are no rampaging hordes of Tibetan Buddhists chanting “Death to America”
There is a bully in the classroom of world religions:
Mr islamic supremacist
TheBuffster says
Here’s Sherif Gabers YouTube channel. He’s often quite funny:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_CKL5F9i7e9sPnZcxXP3HQ/videos