“A 35-year-old Egyptian Christian is likely to remain in jail for one to five years for handing out Bibles in a shopping mall. The Christian Post reports Medhat Ishak was caught handing out Bibles in Oct. 6 last year. He was sentenced to 15 days in jail for ‘inciting sectarian strife’ and ‘harming national security.’ However, a judge has now slapped Ishak with a heftier charge--blasphemy. The Christian man now faces a sentence between one and five years in prison for ‘insulting religion,’ though his lawyers argue Ishak did not commit the offense. According to attorney Rafik Rafaat, Ishak did encounter a Muslim man at the mall, though he did not know he was Muslim at first. Ishak offered him a Bible and when the man refused and explained that he was a Muslim, Ishak apologized and left.” “Egyptian Christian,” ChristianHeadlines.com, Aug. 28, 2015 Comments are closed.
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