Islam al-Behairy

Islam Behery
إسلام بحيري
Personal details
Born (1974-04-05) April 5, 1974
Siflaq, Egypt
Nationality Egyptian
Occupation Writer, Television Host

Islam Behery (Arabic: إسلام بحيري), born 1974 in Siflaq, Sohag Governorate, is an Egyptian Muslim writer and the host of With Islam on Al-Kahera Wel Nas.

In April 2015, Al-Behairy used his program to call for reforming Islam, a message Al-Azhar University condemned as an insult to Islam. Al Kahera suspended his program indefinitely.[1] He was arrested, charged with insulting Islam, convicted, and sentenced to five years in prison. Al-Behairy appealed the sentence but a court rejected the appeal in October.[2] However, in December, a court reduced his sentence to one year in jail,[3][4] and he was later pardoned by the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Controversial Islam al-Behairy program suspended". Al Masry Al Youm via Egypt Independent. 23 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Court rejects appeal filed by Islam Al-Behairy against 5-year sentence over blasphemy". El Balad. 10 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Egypt jails Muslim scholar for insulting Islam". AFP via The Express Tribune. 29 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Egypt jails Muslim scholar for insulting Islam". Yahoo.com. 2015-12-29. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  5. ↑ "Egypt's clerics are resisting the president's call to renew Islam". The Economist. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.


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