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Egyptian Blogger Faces Blasphemy Charges Over Alleged Internet Posting of Anti-Islam Film

Sep. 26, 2012 8:00pm Billy Hallowell

Alber Saber, an Egyptian man from a Coptic Christian family, is facing major penalties after he allegedly shared the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” on the Internet. Saber is being put on trial for blasphemy (i.e. “insulting religions”) as a result of his purported actions, with supporters calling the government’s move against the man into question.

The 27-year-old’s legal problems began after his neighbors accused him of defaming Islam and of being an atheist. The situation became so grave that his family was forced from their home and his mother received death threats. Inevitably, Saber was sentenced to 15 days in jail and, in the end, he may end up facing much steeper penalties.

According to The Washington Post, on September 12, an angry mob came to Saber’s home, as neighbors tried to knock the door down and make their way into the apartment. Kariman Ghali, the man’s mother, claims that the crowd was “damning” the family to hell and threatening its members lives. Ghali, a Christian, could hear the crowd calling for her to be burned and lambasting followers of Jesus Christ.

A video captures some of the chaos that unfolded outside of the home, as the crowd cheered and Saber was taken away by authorities:

According to UPI, individuals standing by Saber claim that, while he’s being punished for merely sharing the clip, Khaled Abdel Allah, a Salafist television presenter who showed the very same video to the masses, isn’t being held accountable. Critics claim that Allah’s showing of the film is what brought mass attention to the film on satellite television.

Saber’s attorney is arguing that the government has no proof that his client is connected to the video. On Wednesday, Saber appeared before a court in Egypt where arguments were held against him. The Post has more about the details and implications of the case, specifically when it comes to free-speech implications:

The arrest points to stark differences in law and attitude regarding freedom of expression, especially as applied to religion, in the Middle East and the United States.

His lawyers deny Saber had anything to do with the video, although they concede he did engage in ruminations about the meaning of religion on social media sites.

Showing contempt toward what Egyptian statutes call the “heavenly” religions — Christianity, Islam, Judaism — is punishable by up to five years in Egypt.

President Barack Obama’s address to the U.N. General Assembly yesterday highlights this continued difference when it comes to free-speech rights in the Middle East when compared to America.

Activists have claimed that Saber is an atheist, a factor that could also come into play, specifically considering allegations that he posted the anti-Islam video in an effort to insult the faith. He can be seen asking, “How do I know who the true God is?,” on a separate clip posted on Facebook. In it, he also explained his confusion surrounding the differences between Judaism, Islam and Christianity.

(H/T: UPI)

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75cents
Posted on September 28, 2012 at 10:08pm
It’s time now ! Just stop the cash ! No soup for You!
Any funds sent will be used against Israel and guess who else
That’s right us! So no soup ! Then Just watch as these Muslim pit bulls kill each Allah loving other !
Their only hope is a Reformation like Martin Luther !
Martin Mohammed ! And it won’t happen so they are done! No soup !

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backbone2
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:58pm
These people do know Jesus is alive and mohammad is dead don’t they? I mean I don’t know much about mohammad but if he lived let’s say 2000 years ago, he is dead because he was not the Living Son of God who came to save the world from sin like Jesus was, mohammad was just a man.
I just wish these people would stop threatening the Lord’s people, the Christians.

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- Prosecute_Constitutional_Treason_In_Washington
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:51pm
  Jesus lived 550 years before muhammad. Muhammad could not read or write so he relied upon leaned men to read to him the Torah and to write the Koran. Muhammad’s puppet master satan is still alive, but muhammad is dead. Satan wants all his followers to die in their sins. Satan is also named the great murderer. Alluh is the vomit of hell. Jesus Christ is the only one to ever claim to rise from the dead and have victory over death. Muhammad never even claimed to do one miracle. Muhammad was known for his killing. Just another killer like Hitler, Bush, and Obummer.
  
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- jaylew
  Posted on September 27, 2012 at 2:23am
  Look what a complete sheethole of dysfunction the entire arab world really is. I mean seriously..it’s like watching a History channel re-run over and over and over and over. When human beings in the year 2012….still belong to tribes and still behave in a tribal fashion straight out of the year 2000 BC…..this is what we have. And to think of all the human lives and dollars that have tried to improve that cesspool over there and now they are fighting over a YouTube video? Well that’s what happens when you give a modern information technology device and digital content to a group of people that make Peking Man look like your great grandfather. Genuine uncivilized savages…the entire lot of them.
  
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Posted on September 26, 2012 at 10:35pm
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Salamander
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:27pm
What I’d like to know: If this guy is arrested for blasphemy, exactly HOW is it that the ‘spontaneous riots’ in Eqypt and Benghazi occurred? Surely, with censorship, the video was nowhere near as widely seen as has been represented by The Wright House (Oops, I mean The White House)!

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exposejesuits
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:08pm
The Bible puts the power of a local church into the hands of a Godly pastor. But
the cunning Jesuits successfully managed over the years to remove that
power into the hands of denomination headquarters, and have now pushed
almost all of the Protestant denominations into the arms of the Vatican.
This is exactly what Ignatius de Loyola set out to accomplish: a universal
church and the end of Protestantism.
As you read “The Secret History of the Jesuits,” you will see there is a
parallel between the religious and political sectors. The author, Mr. Paris,
reveals the penetration and infiltration of the Jesuits into the governments
and nations of the world to manipulate the course of history by setting up
dictatorships, and weakening democracies such as the United States of
America, by paving the way for social, political, moral, military, educational
and religious anarchy.

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exposejesuits
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:03pm
The Most Powerful Man In The World? The ‘Black’ Pope: Rick Martin’s Interview of Eric Jon Phelps in 2000.

I read all day yesterday as it was cold, humid and the wind was blowing like crazy. Just totally nasty. However what I read was one of those enlightening articles that took me further into the reasons why our world is in the it’s current condition. Of course I’m armed to the teeth but if I don’t know what, who and why I am fighting I’m just a lost unit who may hurt somebody who may be innocent. However since finishing the article I read yesterday I feel it is my duty to share it with We the People of the World as this is a World Wide War besieged against us by tyrants of the most unimaginable evil ever known to Mankind. This information is critical and it is most vital that we share it. Remember the the most powerful weapon in the world is not the splitting of the atom but an idea. God Bless us one an all. We must fight with the faith of our God until he arrives to throw the Devil and his evil henchmen once more into the black abyss.

The ‘Black’ Pope: The Most Powerful Man In The World?
Count Hans Kolvenbach -The Jesuit’s General

So you thought you were pretty well informed by now about all of the main players on the ‘conspiracy’ playing field? You’ve maybe been hearing for years about (or bumped into on your own) the various elements of society who control our world from behind the scenes.

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- scuba13
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:25pm
  How do you type with a straight jacket on?
  
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amazingphotos
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:02pm
“Radical” muslimes are those honest about their goal of world-wide domination by force.

“Moderate” muslimes are liars.

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Sirfoldallot
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:59pm
Makes me wounder whats in the water ?

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exposejesuits
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:59pm
Jesuit Alumni in the Obama Administration and 112th U.S. Congress

http://www.ajcunet.edu/Jesuit-Alumni-Obama

WASHINGTON, DC – Ten percent of the 112th U.S. Congress are Jesuit college and university alumni/ae. Among the 535 Members of this Congress, 54 of them are alumni/ae of Jesuit institutions. At least 30 alums also serve in appointed positions in the Obama Administration.
There are 12 Jesuit alumni/ae in the Senate and 42 in the House of Representatives. Among the top leadership, Congressmen John Boehner (R-OH) is serving as Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) serves as the House Minority Whip. In the Senate, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) continues as the Assistant Majority Leader.
Of these 54 alumni/ae, 36 received graduate or professional degrees from Jesuit universities. There are 18 Jesuit institutions represented by alumni/ae in the U.S. Congress. Georgetown University has the most alumni/ae with a total of 18; followed by Boston College with 7; the College of the Holy Cross and Fordham University each tied with 4; while Creighton University, Marquette University, and the University of Detroit Mercy each have 3.
“With the many challenges facing our nation, we are happy that our Jesuit college and university alumni/ae continue to play important roles in Congress and the Administration,” said AJCU President Fr. Charles Currie, S.J. “Their commitment to lead and to serve is in the best Jesuit tradition.”
Obama A

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- scuba13
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:28pm
  I thought it was all of the Jews in the Federal Government that I was supposed to be worried about. Can someone please help me I’m confused?
  
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amazingphotos
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:58pm
Centuries ago, a pedophile war-lord under the influence of satan formed a military cult and declared war on the rest of the world. When will the rest of the world finally return the favor?

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- exposejesuits
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:59pm
  The Vatican invented Islam, to kill Christians and non-Catholics “The Vatican wanted to create a messiah for the Arabs, someone they could raise up as a great leader, a man with charisma whom they could train, and eventually unite all the non-Catholic Arabs behind him, creating a mighty army that would ultimately capture Jerusalem for the pope. In the Vatican briefing, Cardinal Bea told us this story:
  
  ‘A wealthy Arabian lady who was a faithful follower of the pope played a tremendous part in this drama. She was a widow named Khadijah. She gave her wealth to the church and retired to a convent, but was given an assignment. She was to find a brilliant young man who could be used by the Vatican to create a new religion and become the messiah for the children of Ishmael. Khadijah had a cousin named Waraquah,, who was also a very faithful Roman Catholic and the Vatican placed him in a critical role as Muhammad’s advisor. He had tremendous influence on Muhammad. While Muhammad was being prepared, he was told that his enemies were the Jews and that the only true Christians were Roman Catholic. He was taught that others calling themselves Christians were actually wicked impostors and should be destroyed. Many Muslims believe this.
  
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- From Virginia
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 9:20pm
  @Expose – Actually – there is heavy evidence that not only did mo never exist (since the koran and all these suras didn’t come along until hundreds of years later) but that it was just a way for a totalitarian military arab expansionist (read: colonialism) regime to keep their newly captured people in line. It excused all the excesses of the despots (pederasty, beastiality, peodophilia) attributed to the “prophet,” and why it continues to this day. The Janissary system (patterned after the Roman legions) took into account that conquered people could not be reformed – but their children could. Thus the patience of islam.
  
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exposejesuits
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:57pm
While Muhammad was being prepared, he was told that his enemies were the Jews and that the only true Christians were Roman Catholic. He was taught that others calling themselves Christians were actually wicked impostors and should be destroyed. Many Muslims believe this. “In their “holy” book, the Koran, Christ is regarded as only a prophet. If the pope was His representative on earth, then he also must be a prophet of God. This caused the followers of Muhammad to fear and respect the pope as another “holy man.”
How the Vatican created Islam. The astonishing story from an ex-Jesuit priest, Alberto Rivera, which was told to him by Cardinal Bea while he was at the Vatican.By Alberto Rivera
2006 04 13

http://www.redicecreations.com/specialreports/2006/04apr/catholicislam.html

This information came from Alberto Rivera, former Jesuit priest after his conversion to Protestant Christianity. It is excerpted from “The Prophet,” published by Chick Publications, PO Box 662, Chino CA 91708. Since its publication, after several unsuccessful attempts on his life, he died suddenly from food poisoning. His testimony should not be silenced. Dr. Rivera speaks to us still …

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scrapadapolis
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:52pm
youtube( what islam is not..) get it down load it pass it around..everything is right in front of us.

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samtree
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:29pm
These Muslims are freaks of nature. We need to teach our children to hate them with all their hearts. They are no longer part of the human race, they are destroying the human race.

Humanity is doomed unless the Islamic plague is stopped.

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- Psychosis
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:34pm
  no need to hate them
  
  do you hate the cockroach you step on, or is it a nuisance to be eradicated ?
  
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:21pm
Egypt and the muslim brotherhood just arrested an entire wing of taliban for defacing a Bible. ??What?? They didn’t? oh.

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mdmike1
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:18pm
It could be worse. Look at this VID of an honor killing. These Radical Muslims are insane!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajk4xX5goFY

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Gregb
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:16pm
sounds like this “clip” of a movie that probably doesn’t even exist was put out by the muslim brotherhood to create disturbance at U.S. Embassy’s and to find people like this so that they could persecute. I bet you that obama and hillary are complicit.

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2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:08pm
Would any ACLU attorneys volunteer to go over and help this guy?

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- Patriot Z
  Posted on September 26, 2012 at 8:37pm
  lol…heck no they would help prosecute him
  
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