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A court official says a married Egyptian couple has been sentenced to five and seven years in prison for having sex out of wedlock with other people they met through Internet postings.
Tolba Abdel Hafez got seven years and his wife Salwa Hegazi got five after they were convicted on Saturday, the court official said Sunday on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media.
They were arrested last October after posting what the court described as scandalous advertisements on the Internet and for soliciting other couples for sex parties.
Sex out of wedlock is illegal in Egypt, where the constitution says Islamic law is the main source of legislation.
The first Egyptian police officer sentenced to death for killing protesters during the January revolution remained at large Monday as the country braced for a summer of trials on the police brutality...
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Hopefully on this side at least we will not be shouting people down just because they hold a different view to our own. As long as people make reasoned posts and are balanced in what they say then...
According to news sources an Egyptian court in Cairo has just handed down the death sentence on former president Mohammed Morsi :o Now that should kick off even more trouble from his supporters. 8)...
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I guess I never followed that closely all that Morsi did as, to me, it seems the death penalty is fairly harsh but am sure I really don't know the extent of his orders, commands and actions.
Minya Criminal Court sentenced a low-ranking police officer Omar Ahmed, 28, to one year of labor in prison on Thursday after he was convicted of attempted murder.
Ahmed was convicted of shooting...
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Wow - that sort of sentence sure IS a deterrent to other Police isn't it? (NOT)
I kinda think that to maintain social order and peace it necessitates Law Enforcement to be operating on a Code of...
An old couple were visiting Jerusalem from America.
The man had been unhappy for many years with his wife constantly nagging him and imposing her will upon him.
