An
extremist Islamic preacher was on Sunday ordered to be detained by
Egypt’s State prosecutor for questioning on suspicion of insulting
religion after a complaint from a Christian activist, a judicial source
said.
The
preacher Ahmad Abdullah, known as Abu Islam, is already on trial for
tearing up a bible during a protest outside the American embassy in
Cairo in September over a short film made in the United States that
insulted Prophet Mohammed.
The
latest probe came after a complaint filed by Coptic Christian activist
Najib Gibrail who accused Abu Islam of insulting Christians on a
television show.
Egyptian
law forbids insults against religion, allowing police in the past to
arrest Shiite Muslims and
Christians for alleged slights against Islam.
[AFP]