Naguib Sawiris, Egypt's richest man and figurehead of the liberal movement
for the country's political leadership, is to be put on trial for
insulting religion over cartoons he put on Twitter showing Mickey
and Minnie Mouse in traditional Muslim clothing.
The case against Mr Sawiris, owner of the Orascom business empire and
the country's most prominent Christian, was filed originally by a
group of lawyers affiliated to the radical Salafi Islamist movement.
Few expected it to be taken up by the prosecuting authorities.But
the Salafis have become a powerful force in the new Egypt
after sweeping to second place behind the Muslim Brotherhood-backed
Freedom and Justice Party in elections. They are pushing for tighter
implementation if not a rewriting of Egypt's constitution, which is
supposed to be based on the principles of Sharia law.
The Coptic Christians are the remnant of the authentic, indigenous, autochthonous Egyptian people, who preserved the ancient Egyptian language until the XVIIth Century (and still use it liturgically), and who have remained faithful to the Christianity they had adopted of their own free will almost 2,000 years ago, despite more than 1,000 years of persecution by the Arabs who conquered Egypt with the Sword of Islam.
Barry Soetoro ensured the downfall of President Hosni Mubarak and a secular, democratic Egypt because Mubarak had the audacity to support the United States of America, a country that Barry has loathed since childhood. B y unleashing the forces of Salafi jihadism, Barry Soetoro has set in motion a series of catastrophes that will be almost impossible to undo even after January 20, 2013.
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