In an article she also wrote in the daily El-Masry El-Youm she had opined: "(It's) a yearly massacre because a good man once had a nightmare about his good son, and although the nightmare has passed for the good man and his son, the (sheep) pay their lives as a price for that holy nightmare."Įid al-Adha, considered more important that Eid al-fitr which marks the end of Ramzan, commemorates the willingness of Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his young first-born son Ismail as an act of submission to God’s command God intervened to provide Abraham with a lamb to sacrifice instead.ĭuring her trial, the outspoken, secularist Naoot had denied insulting Islam. In a post on her Facebook page and Twitter October 1, 2014, Naoot had criticised the Muslim practice of animal sacrifice during the annual Eid al-Adha (popularly referred to as ‘Bakra Eid’ in India) as the "greatest massacre committed by human beings." The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has strongly condemned the conviction saying, “The continuous curbs put on freedom of opinion and expression in Egypt, as well as the severe expansion in the use of the ‘contempt of religion’ charge for the prosecution of opinion makers… Such a matter, in turn, makes Egypt one of the most Arab countries that show hostility to freedom of expression as well as press freedom, especially that about 59 journalists have remained in prison so far.” I’m sad that the efforts of reformists have been wasted,” Naoot stated in response to her conviction. “I’m not sad about the sentencing as I don’t care about going to jail. The court ruling comes just a day after the fifth anniversary of Egypt’s Arab Spring when hundreds of thousands of men and women had taken to the streets, occupied Cairo’s Tahrir Square, demanding freedom and democracy. The jail sentence is to be carried out with immediate effect, though she could appeal from behind bars. 1.7 lakh on Tuesday (January 26) after being held guilty of ‘contempt of religion’. Used for Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) protection and URL signature validation.Fatima Naoot Image: Reuters/Al Youm Al Saabi NewspaperĮgyptian writer and poet Fatima Naoot was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of about Rs. Used to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain. Used to provide ad delivery or retargeting. Used to store performed actions on the website. Used to store consent of guests regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes. Used to track impressions of LinkedIn alerts, such as the cookie banner and to implement cool off periods for display of alerts. Used to remember a user's language setting to ensure displays in the language selected by the user in their settings. Used to remember that a logged in user is verified by two factor authentication. Used to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie.īrowser Identifier cookie to uniquely identify devices accessing LinkedIn to detect abuse on the platform. Used to store and track visits across websites. ![]() ![]() These cookies can share that information with other organisations or advertisers and are often served by third party companies. ![]() Marketing cookies track website users’ online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising. Mondi plc shareholders on the UK Register.Mondi plc shareholders on the South African branch register.
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