Islam al-Behairy
Islam Behery | |
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إسلام بحيري | |
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| Born | April 5, 1974 Siflaq, Egypt |
| 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. On November 5, 2018 he began a new program, "Islam Hurr" on Alhurra.
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
- ^ "Controversial Islam al-Behairy program suspended". Al Masry Al Youm via Egypt Independent. April 23, 2015.
- ^ "Court rejects appeal filed by Islam Al-Behairy against 5-year sentence over blasphemy". El Balad. October 10, 2015. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ "Egypt jails Muslim scholar for insulting Islam". AFP via The Express Tribune. December 29, 2015.
- ^ "Egypt jails Muslim scholar for insulting Islam". Yahoo.com. December 29, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ^ "Egypt's clerics are resisting the president's call to renew Islam". The Economist. February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
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