Sohag’s prosecutor referred Kamel to trial in August after receiving a complaint from Mohamed Safwat Tammam, 32, accusing Kamel of posting insulting caricatures of Prophet Mohamed on his Facebook page, as well as abusing the country’s president in his comments.
Kamel denied the charges during interrogations, claiming that his account had been hacked. Investigators say they had managed to detect his address through the account and arrested him.
A number of lawsuits have been filed against public figures recently over charges of blasphemy and defaming the president, who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party.
Last week, an Egyptian court acquitted comedy star Adel Imam of charges of insulting Islam in his movies. Controversial media host Tawfik Okasha and Chief Editor of Al-Dostour newspaper Islam Afifiy are also standing trial for defaming the president and instigating his assassination.
The past week had also seen clashes outside the US Embassy between security forces and protesters decrying a move produced in the United States that had been deemed derogatory to Islam’s prophet.
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Al-Masry Al-Youm