Egypt Islamist Ex-MP Gets 18 Months Jail for Indecent Act
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An Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced Ali Wanis, a Muslim cleric and ex-lawmaker, to 18 months in prison after he was found guilty of committing an "indecent act" in a car with a female university student.
Wanis, however, can avoid jail by paying 1,500 Egyptian pounds ($250) in bail as the case goes to an appeal court.
Wanis had won his seat in parliament through an ultraconservative Salafist coalition and was caught performing a sexual act with the woman in a car, the official MENA news agency reported.
He was sentenced for a year on charges of committing an indecent act and six months for assaulting policemen. The woman too was sentenced to six months, and can also avoid prison by posting bail.
Wanis, who had denied the accusations, was referred to trial after the constitutional court dissolved the Islamist-dominated parliament in June.
21 July 2012, 16:46
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Would you let this weirdo looking molester into your home and around your children?
22 July 2012, 00:22
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We have lots of paedophiles in our Church, it is not any different in other sects. I've heard plenty of tales of Muslim clerics wandering with bottles of whisky under their 3abaya.
22 July 2012, 02:57
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what is it with the arab world? pay money and avoid jail?? what century are these guys living in. jail the pervert and issue him a fine at the sametime..
