CAIRO — Egypt's public prosecutor on Saturday
ordered the arrest of popular satirist Bassem Youssef over alleged
insults to Islam and to President Mohamed Morsi, state news agency MENA
reported.
Judicial sources told AFP that several complaints had been filed against Youssef, whose razor-sharp humor — delivered on his weekly television program "Albernameg" (The Show) — has spared few public figures.
He is accused of offense to Islam through "making fun of the prayer ritual" on his show, and of insulting President Morsi by "making fun of his international standing," the sources said.
In one of the suits filed against him, the plaintiff asked that legal measures be taken against Youssef so as not to encourage others to follow in his footsteps, a source said.
Dubbed the Egyptian Jon Stewart, Youssef has repeatedly poked fun at the ruling Islamists and Morsi in particular.
The soaring number of legal complaints against journalists has cast doubt on Morsi's commitments to freedom of expression — a key demand of the popular uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011. — AFP
Judicial sources told AFP that several complaints had been filed against Youssef, whose razor-sharp humor — delivered on his weekly television program "Albernameg" (The Show) — has spared few public figures.
He is accused of offense to Islam through "making fun of the prayer ritual" on his show, and of insulting President Morsi by "making fun of his international standing," the sources said.
In one of the suits filed against him, the plaintiff asked that legal measures be taken against Youssef so as not to encourage others to follow in his footsteps, a source said.
Dubbed the Egyptian Jon Stewart, Youssef has repeatedly poked fun at the ruling Islamists and Morsi in particular.
The soaring number of legal complaints against journalists has cast doubt on Morsi's commitments to freedom of expression — a key demand of the popular uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak in 2011. — AFP
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