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Anti-Islam film: Seven Egyptian Christians sentenced to death

The low-budget video denigrated the Prophet Mohammad and triggered anti-US protests and attacks on Western embassies around the Muslim world.

FP Archives|Nov 28, 2012, 20:00:38 IST

Cairo: A Cairo court on Wednesday sentenced to death seven Egyptian Christians tried in absentia for participating in an anti-Islam video that was released on the Internet in September and prompted violent protests in Muslim countries."The seven accused persons were convicted of insulting the Islamic religion through participating in producing and offering a movie that insults Islam and its prophet," Judge Saif al-Nasr Soliman said.[caption id="attachment_539027" align="alignleft" width="380"] Representative image. Reuters[/caption]The low-budget video, produced privately in California, denigrated the Prophet Mohammad and triggered anti-US protests and attacks on Western embassies around the Muslim world.The convicted persons included Egyptian-American Nakoula Bassely Nakoula, who is currently serving a one-year-jail term in Los Angeles after an American court convicted him of probation violations that stemmed from his role in the movie.Reuters

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