Egypt prosecutor orders arrest of satirist for offending Islam, Morsi
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Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered the arrest of popular satirist Bassem Youssef over alleged insults to Islam and to President Mohamed Morsi, state news agency MENA reported.
Judicial sources said that several complaints had been filed against Youssef, known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, whose razor-sharp humour - delivered on his weekly television programme Albernameg (The Show) - has spared few public figures. He is accused of offense to Islam through "making fun of the prayer ritual" on his show, and of insulting President Morsi by "making fun of his international standing," the sources said. (AFP)
