Arab world’s Charlie Chaplin sentenced for defaming Islam

 Egypt court upholds conviction of top Arab actor

 

The 71-year-old celebrity, described as the Arab world’s Charlie Chaplin, has a long history of legal tangles with Islamists who regard the actor’s work as blasphemous.

 

 

Tunisia, Egypt Islamists signal bigger religion role

(Reuters, February 22, 2012)

Paris, France – After months of reassuring secularist critics, Islamist politicians in Tunisia and Egypt have begun to lay down markers about how Muslim their states should be — and first signs show they want more religion than previously admitted.

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