Tuesday, April 14, 2009

News at Eleven: An Egyptian court has banned

a liberal literature journal for running a poem two years ago likening God to a villager who feeds ducks and milks cows, an Egyptian paper reported Wednesday.

The Tuesday ruling by Egypt's administrative court came after a lawyer filed a lawsuit against the journal Ibdaa, or Creativity for publishing a poem titled "On the Balcony of Leila Murad" by a well-known poet Helmi Salem, according to the Al-Ahram daily.

The court said the poem carries "insulting expressions" about God.

from newser: Egyptian journal banned over 'blasphemous' poem

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