Egypt blogger jailed for 'insult'

An Egyptian blogger received a four year sentence recently for posting insults on his blog. He was given one year for insulting the President, and three more for insulting Islam. He called the President a 'dictator', can you believe that? And he had the nerve to smear the country's top Islamic institution, al-Azhar university, as "the university of terrorism".

Apparently he was correct on both counts. The university pressed the case and pushed the charges. What I find disturbing is that the President and Islam really take themselves that seriously. I can only wonder how many people in the U.S. would be doing hard time for their criticisms of President Bush. - Read the article