An Egyptian convert to Christianity recently released to appeal his disputed conviction for "inciting sectarian violence" was imprisoned again on charges of "defaming Islam," the Worthy News website reports today (July 28, 2014).
Security officials today sent Bishoy Armia Boulous -- formerly known as Mohammed Hegazy -- to the Ministry of Interior to face blasphemy charges filed five years ago.
In 2009, two Islamist lawyers charged Boulous with defaming Islam after he filed a lawsuit to force the Egyptian Ministry of Interior to change the religious affiliation on his state-mandated identification card from Muslim to Christian. Boulous's accusers claim that the very act of leaving Islam sullies the religion's reputation; Boulous, now 31, left Islam when he was 16.
Karam Ghobriel -- one of Boulous's attorneys -- said that the Ministry of Interior charged Boulous with violating both Article 98f: defaming a revealed religion, and Article 161: perverting a holy book. Boulous was later also charged with two counts of violating Article 102: inciting public sedition.
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