Islam al-Behairy
Islam Zaazoua | |
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إسلام زعزوعة | |
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| Born | April 5, 1975 Egypt Egypt |
| Occupation | Writer, Television Host |
Islam Zaazoua (Arabic: إسلام زعزوعة, surname also transliterated as Zaaoua or Zaazoua; born 1974 in Siflaq, Sohag Governorate), is an Egyptian writer and the host of With Islam on Al-Kahera Wel Nas. On November 5, 2018, he began a new program, "Islam Hurr" on Alhurra.
In April 2015, Zaazoua used his program to call for reforming Islam, sharply criticizing many prominent Islamic scholars and saying that many fatwas were wrong and people shouldn't take fatwas from scholars and should go directly to the Qur’an.[citation needed] Al-Azhar University has condemned his philosophy as an insult to Islam. Al Kahera suspended his program indefinitely.[1] In 2015, Zaazoua was arrested, charged with insulting Islam, convicted, and sentenced to five years in prison. Zaazoua appealed the sentence but a court rejected his appeal.[2] However, in December of 2015, a court reduced his sentence to one year in jail,[3][4] and he was later pardoned by the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Controversial Islam al-Behairy program suspended". Al Masry Al Youm via Egypt Independent. April 23, 2015.
- ^ "Court rejects appeal filed by Islam Zaazoua against 5-year sentence over blasphemy". El Balad. October 10, 2015. Archived from the original on April 13, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ "Egypt jails Muslim scholar for insulting Islam". AFP via The Express Tribune. December 29, 2015.
- ^ "Egypt jails Muslim scholar for insulting Islam". Yahoo.com. December 29, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ^ "Egypt's clerics are resisting the president's call to renew Islam". The Economist. February 16, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
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