Coptic businessman and politician Naguib Sawiris, facing trial for posting cartoons of Mickey and Minnie Mouse dressed in Muslim attire on Twitter, had his case postponed after lawyers clashed in court.
The Boulaq Abu El-Ela court adjourned the case after lawyers clashed over a statement made by one of the lawyers calling Sawiris a criminal. Lawyer Mamdouh Ismail, who filed the complaint, further stated that Sawiris had used his fortune to be able to insult religion.
Sawiris is accused of contempt of religion.The Prosecution Office of Central Cairo decided to refer the case to court Monday after investigating the complaint filed against Sawiris accusing him of disrespecting Islam after he posted the cartoons on his official Twitter account in June 2011.
Sawiris is the founder of the liberal Free Egyptians Party and emerged after the revolution as one of the top political figures in Egypt.
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