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Civil Liberties

Walk Like an Egyptian

Charles Oliver | 12.21.2012 6:00 AM

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An Egyptian court has sentenced Alber Saber to three years in prison for blasphemy. Saber allegedly ran Facebook pages questioning religious beliefs and insulting Islam and Christianity. He was als accused of uploading parts of the film "Innocence of Muslims" to the Internet.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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