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The Egyptian prosecution opened this weekend an investigation against Ibrahim Eissa, known for his crusade against religious extremists. The journalist is accused of having questioned on television a miracle attributed by Muslim tradition to the Prophet Muhammad.
The man, who has written several books denouncing the bigots – and in particular the Muslim Brotherhood, pet peeves of the regime of Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi – caused an outcry in the overwhelmingly Muslim country, for having said Friday evening not to believe that the Prophet Muhammad had soared to seventh heaven on a winged mount. Immediately, the very zealous MP Moustafa Bakri raised the issue in Parliament and filed a complaint, while the official Media Commission said it was trying to establish whether there was cause for sanctions.
On Saturday evening, the Attorney General’s office announced “opening an investigation after the filing of several complaints” against the author, in particular of Mawlana, a bestseller that has become a film exposing the failings of Muslim televangelists….
On Friday, he therefore took a new step: “There was no trip to seventh heaven, it’s a pure invention”, he said before adding that “the imams only make you learn to interfere in people’s lives. “The trip to seventh heaven took place, no one can question it,” immediately replied the official Islamic Council….
The Egyptian prosecution opened this weekend an investigation against Ibrahim Eissa, known for his crusade against religious extremists. The journalist is accused of having questioned on television a miracle attributed by Muslim tradition to the Prophet Muhammad.
The man, who has written several books denouncing the bigots – and in particular the Muslim Brotherhood, pet peeves of the regime of Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi – caused an outcry in the overwhelmingly Muslim country, for having said Friday evening not to believe that the Prophet Muhammad had soared to seventh heaven on a winged mount. Immediately, the very zealous MP Moustafa Bakri raised the issue in Parliament and filed a complaint, while the official Media Commission said it was trying to establish whether there was cause for sanctions.
On Saturday evening, the Attorney General’s office announced “opening an investigation after the filing of several complaints” against the author, in particular of Mawlana, a bestseller that has become a film exposing the failings of Muslim televangelists….
On Friday, he therefore took a new step: “There was no trip to seventh heaven, it’s a pure invention”, he said before adding that “the imams only make you learn to interfere in people’s lives. “The trip to seventh heaven took place, no one can question it,” immediately replied the official Islamic Council….
