Supporting Freedom In The Middle East? Our Egyptian Buddies Jail Blogger- Bush Has No Comment.

“An Egyptian blogger was convicted Thursday and sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Islam, the Prophet Muhammad and Egypt's president, . . .Abdel Kareem Nabil, . . . sharp critic of conservative Muslims in his blog. He also lashed out often at Al-Azhar - the most prominent religious center in Sunni Islam - calling it "the university of terrorism" and accusing it of encouraging extremism. . . Nabil, . . was . . .led outside to a prison truck. . . .Seconds after he was loaded into the truck and the door closed, an Associated Press reporter heard the sound of a slap from inside the vehicle and a shriek of pain from Nabil.
‘We (the Egyptian people) are enduring oppression, poverty and torture, so the least we can do is insult the president,’ . . .The Bush administration has not commented . . .”
Blogger gets 4 years for insulting Islam By NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD