Cairo Misdemeanors Court has sentenced a Shia activist to five years in jail with hard labour for attempting to storm Al-Hussein Mosque and insulting the companions of Prophet Muhammad (saw).
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\nShia activist Amr Abdullah was arrested in November 2013 during a fight with Salafists at Al-Hussein Mosque during the commemoration of the martyrdom of Imam Hussayn (as)<\/p>\n
Earlier \u00a030-year-old Abdullah was convicted of contempt of religion, insulting the Prophet Mohamed\u2019s companions and attempting to storm Al-Hussein Mosque.<\/p>\n
\u201cStalking Shia Egyptians with the [contempt of religion] charge has been increasing fearfully, and in a way that abuses the rights and freedoms of Shias under international conventions as well the constitution,\u201d said Ishak Ibrahim, a researcher on minorities at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights on his Twitter account in reaction to the case.<\/p>\n
In January, Egyptian security at Cairo Airport blocked 61 Canadian Shia Muslim pilgrims from entering the country and deported them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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