Islam al-Behairy explained

Islam al-Behairy
Native Name:إسلام البحيري
Native Name Lang:Arabic
Birth Place:Egypt Egypt
Nationality:Egyptian
Occupation:Writer, Television Host

Islam Behairy (Arabic: إسلام البحيري; born 1974 in Siflaq, Sohag Governorate), is an Egyptian writer and the host of With Islam on Al-Kahera Wel Nas. On November 5, 2018, he began a new program, "Islam Hurr" on Alhurra.

In April 2015, Behairy used his program to call for reforming Islam, sharply criticizing many prominent Islamic scholars and saying that many fatwas were wrong and people shouldn't take fatwas from scholars and should go directly to the Qur’an. Al-Azhar University has condemned his philosophy as an insult to Islam. Al Kahera suspended his program indefinitely.[1] In 2015, Behairy was arrested, charged with insulting Islam, convicted, and sentenced to five years in prison. Behairy appealed the sentence but a court rejected his appeal.[2] However, in December of 2015, a court reduced his sentence to one year in jail,[3] [4] and he was later pardoned by the President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 23 April 2015. Controversial Islam al-Behairy program suspended. Al Masry Al Youm via Egypt Independent. December 30, 2015. January 1, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160101024950/http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/controversial-islam-al-behairy-program-suspended. live.
  2. Web site: 10 October 2015. Court rejects appeal filed by Islam Behairy against 5-year sentence over blasphemy. El Balad. December 30, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160413155341/http://www.el-balad.com/1740184. April 13, 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: 29 December 2015. Egypt jails Muslim scholar for insulting Islam. AFP via The Express Tribune. December 30, 2015. December 30, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151230051319/http://tribune.com.pk/story/1018296/egypt-jails-muslim-scholar-for-insulting-islam/. live.
  4. Web site: Egypt jails Muslim scholar for insulting Islam . Yahoo.com . 2015-12-29 . 2016-04-01 . September 29, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180929042634/https://www.yahoo.com/news/egypt-jails-muslim-scholar-insulting-islam-154950950.html . dead .
  5. News: Egypt's clerics are resisting the president's call to renew Islam. 18 February 2017. The Economist. 16 February 2017. October 25, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191025103019/https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21717081-sisi-versus-sheikhs-reforming-islam-egypt. live.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Islam al-Behairy".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.