A report from the Daily Star on Mubarak’s cyber-crackdown.
Tag: religion
Alexandrian blogger arrested
Egyptian secular blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil was detained by the authorities in Alexandria today at 3:30pm, after he was called in for questioning over articles he had written. The prosecutor ordered him to remain in police custody for four days pending investigation, according to the SandMonkey.
A Free Kareem campaign has been launched.
Anti-Danish demo at Al-Azhar
Hundreds demonstrated today, at Al-Azhar Mosque, against the new Danish cartoons that insult Prophet Mohammed.
Al-Masry Al-Youm reported yesterday that the Ministry of Religious Endowments, Mubarak’s arm in the religious establishment, has drafted a proposal for a new law banning demos and “gatherings” in mosques. The proposed penalties for “breaking the law” would be either three months in jail, a minimum LE500 fine, or both.