Friday, June 07, 2013

Egyptian Court Delays Sentencing of Coptic Teacher Charged with Blasphemy


Mohamed el-Tamawi, head of Luxor's Misdemeanor Circuit Court, ruled to delay the case of Coptic teacher Demiana Ebeid Abdel Nour who is accused of insulting Islam.

"Chaos dominated the session on Tuesday especially from the lawyers of the Islamic trend," Tharwat Bekheit, member of the defense staff, told Mideast Christian News.

He signaled that the presentation of the Islamist lawyers was similar to preaching in a mosque, adding that they attempted to exclude the witnesses who could uphold the value of justice, including Mustafa Mekki the headmaster of the school, whom they accused of inaction. Read more

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