The court convicted the second of February, an imam in absentia on charges of insulting Islam, and fined him 1,000 pounds ruled Egypt ($ 170). The Imam has been to make fun of the authorities and politicians during his artistic career, extending for forty years, and his films dealt with more serious issue of growing Islamic militancy.

The timing of the case – at a time when Islamists dominated the political scene – and the date of the great artistic concerns that the more conservative Muslims who swept parliamentary elections are trying to impose their views on society.

The lawyer said Safwat Al-Hussein, told Reuters: “Mr. Adel Imam would appeal to annul the judgment which was issued on the basis of a legal wrong.” .. He added: “Movies my client got a license from the censorship before submission did not prevent.”

Lawyer and established links with Islamic groups, the case against the Imam. The gate of Al-Ahram newspaper on the Internet that Beefan Mansour Representative accused of abuse of Islam and its symbols, including beards and robes.

The report said: “One of the films and plays made by the lawyer in his lawsuit Film (Morgan Ahmed Morgan) and play (leader)  Real Madrid vs Bayern Munich Live stream… and if he refuses the appeal will be upon the Imam of the implementation of the sentence of imprisonment.” Said the lawyer, comedian months in the Arab world, Adel Imam on Wednesday told Reuters that his client would appeal the ruling Egyptian court jailed three months for insulting Islam in his films and plays.

The court convicted the second of February, an imam in absentia on charges of insulting Islam and fined him 1,000 pounds ruled Egypt ($ 170). The Imam has been to make fun of the authorities and politicians during his career extended to forty years and more of his films dealt with the seriousness of the issue of increasing Islamic militancy.

The timing of the case – at a time when Islamists dominated the political scene – and the date of the great artistic concerns that the more conservative Muslims who swept parliamentary elections are trying to impose their views on society.

The lawyer said Safwat Al-Hussein, told Reuters: “Adel Imam would appeal to overturn the ruling was issued on the basis of a legal wrong.”

“The movies my client got a license from the censorship before submission did not prevent.”

Lawyer and established links with Islamic groups, the case against the Imam. The gate of Al-Ahram newspaper on the Internet that Beefan Mansour Representative accused of insulting Islam and its symbols, including beards and robes.

The report said that one of the movies and plays, cited by counsel in his case film (Morgan Ahmed Morgan) and play (leader).

If the appeal is rejected it will be the implementation of the rule of Imam Alsjnathar government support locking, just in front of three months and to ensure that 100 pounds on charges of defamation of religion in most of the work screen and stage angry reactions within the artistic community. Said artists that the ruling an assault on human freedom of expression, and declared their solidarity and support for Adel Imam, and decided a number of artists to march in the eleventh morning from the scene of Miami in central Cairo, and ends in front of the High Court under the slogan ?No to the Inquisition, not for the birds of darkness, not to prosecute creators ?and issued a trade union technical data confirmed its full solidarity with him, and confirmed during which the ruling sets a dangerous precedent could open the door to the provisions of other similar artists and creators, and in its statement confirmed Front creativity Egyptian belief in non-conflict between art and religion, and that the artist in general, and the Egyptian in particular, was and still is part of Aetjze of conscience of the nation, and to judge the creative work must be done by the people of specialization after it is to take all the components.

And removal of any part of the components of works of art out of context and sentence alone is considered a breach of and dealings with the logic of ?come not near unto prayer? and that freedom of the artist, whether we agree or disagree with him politically – keep the original, which brings us together and unites us and motivates us to fight the battles uphold the right of the artist to express not can be a means of review of creative repression in any form. amid popular discontent and fears of restriction of art and freedom of expression in Egypt, the appeals court upheld the pyramid judgment of the court of misdemeanors, the judge sentenced actor Adel Imam, three months for contempt of religions in a number of his films film which dealt with the personality of Islamist extremists.

The verdict came in a lawsuit filed by the lawyer of Alexandria Salafi Beefan Mansoor Adil Imam, with prosecutors investigating the cause of slander Imam’s lawyer during his appearance through a TV program, on the back of the case. According to the levels of litigation in Egypt, the hero of ?terrorism and kebabs? not in front of him but to seek to overturn the judgment, the final stage of the degree of litigation, with the Court’s ruling in the next time a final and enforceable.

Mansour was filed against the Imam, years ago, accusing him of insulting to the Islamic religion in the play ?leader? and all of the films ?Morgan Ahmed Morgan? and ?Birds of darkness? and ?Terrorism and Kebab?. Imam and decided after the judgment was not to comment, but confirmed that he Cistanfe by another court, explaining that he is sticking with his works of art received a mass demand and has no harm to any religion. He added: ?a man of religion and personal religion is something man and abuse of religion something else?.

The defense lawyer Adel Imam request in its case in a previous session, not to accept the case for lack of personal injury direct civil claimant and the abolition of government to imprison his client, saying ?that works of art made by not offensive to Islam at all, and previously presented in the form of artistic works that have agreed to submitted to the people, as confirmed free of any distortion or abuse ?.

The captain professions representative Ashraf Abdul Ghafoor said that ?the ruling issued yesterday, the support of prison imam, is the same provision, issued by Judge Mohammed Abdel Ati, but is not definitive nor final?. He added: ?We will appeal against the verdict and there will be 3 different judges and they have another opinion?. He explained that the legal adviser of the union is working hard for the cause of the Imam, pointing to the organization of two marches Tntleghan morning, the scene of ?Miami? down to the High Court in Cairo, refusing to confirm the verdict.

And issued ?Front creativity? a statement stressing that that religion is not incompatible with art, and it continues to support the Imam, threatening to escalate the matter internally and externally to the face of what they described as the ?currents and the failure of atonement?. She also called for the organization and solidarity of the pause before the Court of St. Agouza in Sudan, at the request of human rights organizations in charge of the case, in order to provide a report to the judicial inspection of impropriety judge Adel Imam.

Sami refused and Representative of justice the suffering of the Imam, saying that the hero of ?leader? and ?Witness who saw Nothing? equal to the pyramid of Cheops. The justice that the judgment against the Imam of my absence, though he went to court got the patent, relying on the appeal.

He stressed that ?the artist is no fear of such issues, as the Muslim Brotherhood will not impose their custody on art?. He believed that the lawyer Beefan Mansour sued a ?leader? in order to fame, and had previously lawsuits against actresses Yusra and Dalal Abdul Aziz.

According to the newspaper ?New York Times? U.S. that this provision represents a warning to the artists and intellectuals of the owners of liberal attitudes towards the rising power of the Islamists in Egypt in the wake of the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak. The newspaper quoted are active in the organization ?Human Rights Watch? Moreif gift, saying that ?the issue is one of the many convictions in similar cases?. Feared and active consideration of these convictions is the norm.

The case in light of uncertainties surrounding the Egyptian government, while pledging to party ?freedom and justice? political arm of the group ?Brotherhood? to respect the freedom of art.

Mention that he had to Adel Imam in prison in 1982 on charges of insulting the judiciary in the movie ?avocadoer?, but he appealed the sentence.


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