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Last Update: Wednesday, 3 April 2013 KSA 15:48 - GMT 12:48
Egypt questions another comedian over political satire show
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Bodyguards surround Bassem Youssef (C), the country’s best-known satirist, as
he arrives at the high court to appear at the prosecutor’s office in Cairo.
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Al Arabiya with AFP -
Egyptian prosecutors on Wednesday questioned a stand-up comedian on blasphemy
charges following a guest appearance on the show of popular
satirist Bassem Youssef, himself the subject of an investigation.
Ali Kandil is accused of insulting Islam during a segment on Youssef’s
show Elbernameg in February, in which he poked fun at the discourse and
style of some Muslim clerics -- bringing to television screens what is
already widely said in Egyptian homes.
Kandil’s questioning comes hours after Islamist President Mohamed Morsi
stressed Egypt’s commitment to freedom of expression.
“The presidency reiterates the importance of freedom of expression and
fully respects press freedom,” Mursi’s office said in a statement.
In a video posted on the Internet, Kandil dismissed the charges against
him as “utter nonsense” but said he would go to the prosecutor’s office
because he had nothing to hide.
“I take responsibility for every word I said,” Kandil said.
He said that it was people’s responsibility to uphold the goals of the
2011 revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak -- bread, freedom and social
justice.
“The part in my control, the one I can guarantee in my role, is freedom,
freedom of expression,” Kandil said.
The soaring number of legal complaints against journalists has cast doubt on
Morsi’s commitment to freedom of expression.
Youssef’s high profile case prompted the United States to express “real
concerns” about the direction being taken by the Egyptian government.
Youssef’s fight for free speech was buoyed on Monday by top U.S.
satirist Jon Stewart, who Youssef has been internationally likened to.
Continuing Youssef’s theme of poking fun at the Egyptian president, Stewart did
the same.
“I know Bassem pretty well,” Stewart said on his Monday night episode
of The Daily Show, “so you can imagine I was shocked that this whole
time I was consorting with a criminal!”
“If insulting the presidency and Islam here were illegal [in the U.S.], Fox
News would go bye-bye!”
“Sounds like Egypt’s Mohammed Mursi’s got his hands full,” adds Stewart after a
brief rundown of crises in Egypt which have peaked since the
revolution, including diving tourism revenues, economic drawbacks, aging
infrastructure and a spike in sexual harassment.
“Can’t wait to
see how President Mursi tackles these complex and urgent issues,” he
satirically says before beginning to chew over the arrest of Youssef for
insulting the presidency, which included mocking Mursi for his English
skills and for the hat he wore in Pakistan while being awarded an
honorary degree.
“Making fun of the president’s hat and his
less-than-fluent English, that was my entire career for eight years!”
Stewart said, bringing up an image of a previous George Bush sketch, in
which he wore a hat identical to that one worn by the former U.S.
president.
“Has he [Youssef] been sabotaging Egypt’s
infrastructure? Harassing Egyptian women on the streets, or unemploying
the Egyptian people? What did he do?” Stewart asks mockingly.
Stewart then proceeded to show clips of Mursi insulting Jews and Zionism, with
one clip showing Mursi labeling them the “descendants of apes and pigs.”
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