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Egypt Prosecuting Muslim Publisher Over Introduction To Christian Bible

By Howard M. Friedman

According to Daily News Egypt, Egypt's Prosecutor General on Monday referred Ahmed Abdallah Abo-Islam, a publisher of Islamic books, to a state security court on charges of contempt of the Christian religion.  A complaint had been filed against the publisher by Naguib Gobrael, a Coptic lawyer who is head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights.  The charges grew out of publication of a copy of the Bible by Abo-Islam with an introduction charging that this is not the authentic Bible, and that the current Christian Bible is fabricated, modified and full of contradictions. The introduction also claims that the Church is deceiving Christians by labeling the Bible as the Holy Book.

Full post as published by Religion Clause on August 25, 2010 (boomark / email).