Earlier this week, security agents arrested Gad Yusif Yunan, a Coptic Christian man who works as an English teacher in Nasriya village, Upper Egypt, on the charge of “contempt of religions.” He is accused of posting a 30-second video on his personal Facebook page that deals with Muslim prayers and is apparently insulting.
Once local Muslims discovered it, they informed security agents who who proceeded to arrest him in the late night. Security is also looking for five others believed to have been involved in the film.
The young Copt is reportedly being held for four days pending investigations in his exact role in this 30-second-film.
Although Egypt’s “contempt of religions” law theoretically applies to all religions—theoretically means if a Muslim insults Christians or Christianity in Egypt, he too should be arrested—it is used almost exclusively to target Egypt’s Christian minorities.
Update: On Friday, April 10 — as usual, after Islam’s weekly communal prayers — Muslims in Nasriya village rose up in violence against Christian homes, hurling stones through their windows and even setting fire to them. This was done in “retaliation” to the offense Muslims received from the Coptic teacher who was arrested two days earlier.
Gungelina Pusamonga says
Islam is a religion that appeals to the assholes
zbobby1990 says
Correction: religion appeals to the assholes.
Mahtoofislooth says
Coming to a Western nation near you….
barb phillips says
COPTIC SADLY ARE THE SAME IN FALSE THEOLOGY AS CATHOLICISM LOST IN A LIE http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0082/0082_01.asp NOTE Folks dying for your faith does not make ones belief truth .Muslim die for their faith and are in a lie .
Rachael says
And Jesus’s response to such statements like Coptic Christians are not true believers would be, “Leave them alone, for those who are not against us are for us”
zbobby1990 says
You’re very stupid.