Egypt's prime minister has sacked Justice Minister Ahmed al- Zend after his controversial remarks about imprisoning "the prophet" went viral.
Ahmed el-Zend was on a private Egyptian channel discussing his opponents on Friday when the interviewer asked him whether he would imprison journalists.
"Even if it's the prophet - peace and prayers upon him," Zend said before quickly repenting. He then added that
anyone who is at fault will be imprisoned "regardless of
their stature".
"Prime Minister Sherif Ismail issued a decree today to
relieve Ahmed al-Zend ... of his position," a government
statement said, giving no more details.
Egyptian judges issued a statement opposing Zend's
removal over what the head of the Judges Club told Reuters
news agency was a slip of the tongue that could have
happened to anyone.
"Egypt's judges are sorry that someone who defended Egypt
and its people, judiciary and nation in the face of the
terrorist organisation that wanted to bring it down should be punished in this way," said Abdallah Fathi.
Earlier on Sunday, Egypt's al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's highest
seat of learning, released a statement warning against any
blasphemous comments surrounding the prophet "even if
it were a mistake".
Videos of Zend's comments were shared widely online,
causing the Arabic hashtag "Not the prophet, Prosecute el-
Zend" to trend on Twitter in Egypt.
Source http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/egypt-online-backlash-prophet-muhammad-comments-160313100902485.html

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Egypt's prime minister has sacked Justice Minister Ahmed al- Zend after his controversial remarks about imprisoning "the prophet" went viral.
Ahmed el-Zend was on a private Egyptian channel discussing his opponents on Friday when the interviewer asked him whether he would imprison journalists.
"Even if it's the prophet - peace and prayers upon him," Zend said before quickly repenting. He then added that
anyone who is at fault will be imprisoned "regardless of
their stature".
"Prime Minister Sherif Ismail issued a decree today to
relieve Ahmed al-Zend ... of his position," a government
statement said, giving no more details.
Egyptian judges issued a statement opposing Zend's
removal over what the head of the Judges Club told Reuters
news agency was a slip of the tongue that could have
happened to anyone.
"Egypt's judges are sorry that someone who defended Egypt
and its people, judiciary and nation in the face of the
terrorist organisation that wanted to bring it down should be punished in this way," said Abdallah Fathi.
Earlier on Sunday, Egypt's al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's highest
seat of learning, released a statement warning against any
blasphemous comments surrounding the prophet "even if
it were a mistake".
Videos of Zend's comments were shared widely online,
causing the Arabic hashtag "Not the prophet, Prosecute el-
Zend" to trend on Twitter in Egypt.
Source http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/03/egypt-online-backlash-prophet-muhammad-comments-160313100902485.html

That man is probably one of those muslims who remain muslim out of convenience and fear of persecution. He probably has Zero regard for mohammed. There are lots of muslims like that in Egypt, Syria, Iran.