They were actually making fun of the Islamic State’s execution videos. But even though everyone knows that the Islamic State has absolutely nothing to do with Islam, they got prison sentences anyway. This kind of thing will be in the U.S. before too long, as people with the intellectual honesty and respect for dissent that […]
Egypt: Christian students on trial for insulting Islam — for mocking the Islamic State
“The 30-second video, filmed by the teacher, showed the students pretending to pray with one kneeling on the floor while reciting Quranic verses and two others standing behind him and laughing. One waved his hand under a second’s neck in a sign of beheading.” This was clearly mockery of the Islamic State beheading videos. We […]
Coptic blasphemy case sheds light on Muslim views of Islamic State
On October 22, a court postponed to December 3 the case concerning four Coptic Christian students accused of blasphemy. They did this after the Copts’ lawyer, Maher Naguib, convinced the court to bring the exhibits of the case, including the video made by the Copts which is responsible for the blasphemy charge. The four Coptic students were arrested […]