The court of Tama in Sohag sentenced Coptic teacher, Bishoy Camille, to 4 years in prison, and a fine of 10 thousand pounds on Thursday. He was charged with contempt of religion while the court acquitted him of the charge of insulting the isolated ex-president Mohamed Morsi.
The general prosecutor was accusing Bishoy Camille, resident of Tama, with insulting the Islamic religion through his drawing of a cartoon of the prophet Mohamed on Facebook and prompted clashes between the Muslims and Copts in Egypt. Also, the general prosecutor accused him of insulting the ex-president Mohamed Morsi by publishing inappropriate picture of him on the social media website, Facebook.