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Trial of Journalist Fatma Naout over blasphemy adjourned to 25 February

The trial of Writer Fatma Naout over contempt of religion was adjourned until 25 February.
 
“I’m fine and victorious; either acquitted or ordered to be imprisoned,” she tweeted on Wednesday, adding, “Rest assured, dears.”
 
South Cairo Misdemeanor Court started on Wednesday trial of Naout over contempt of religion. The writer was accused in December of blasphemy and mocking an Islamic ritual after she criticized on Facebook in October the ritual of sacrificing animals on Eid al-Adha describing this as ‘massacre’.
 
 
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm

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