Islam Behairy (Arabic: إسلام البحيري; 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.
Islam al-Behairy | |
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إسلام البحيري | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) Egypt Egypt |
| Occupation | Writer, Television Host |
In April 2015, Behairy 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, Behairy was arrested, charged with insulting Islam, convicted, and sentenced to five years in prison. Behairy 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. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ "Court rejects appeal filed by Islam Behairy 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. Archived from the original on December 30, 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ "Egypt jails Muslim scholar for insulting Islam". Yahoo.com. December 29, 2015. Archived from the original on September 29, 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ^ "Egypt's clerics are resisting the president's call to renew Islam". The Economist. February 16, 2017. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
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