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  • Facebook Post Leads to Three Years' Imprisonment

    Saint Tadros Church in Menbal. - Photo: World Watch Monitor
    The Saint Tadros Church in Menbal.
    Photo: World Watch Monitor

    Abdo Adel Bebawy, 43, has been sentenced to three years in prison for "insulting Islam" following a Facebook post which led to riots in July (see this report). At the time of his original post, friends explained that Abdo was not very literate and did not fully understand what he had posted.