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Egypt Arrests More Bloggers
2think writes "The BBC is reporting that after bloggers highlighted recent public sexual harassment within view of Egyptian police, the government of Egypt has been arresting bloggers." From the article: "The most recently detained blogger, Abdel Kareem Nabil, was detained in Alexandria on 6 November and was charged with disrupting public order, inciting religious hatred and defaming the president. Amnesty International says Mr Amer appeared to have been detained for expressing critical views about Islam and Egypt's al-Azhar religious authorities."
living here..it's quite common to see Al-Azhar ridiculed, mostly due to the current status of the religious institution in being submissive to governmental pressure. The government is also ridiculed all the time, including in major papers/media. It's just certain people you can't talk about, like the big man at the top. Like any dictatorship, a line is drawn between that which is pretended to be freedom and that which cannot be tolerated by those who engineer the whole thing.
As for Islam: I don't see why he had to bring religion into this. Rape is punishable by death in Islam, and the religion enjoys extreme loyalty from the people even though they may not be religious in practice. I would agree with detaining this man for his own safety.