An Egyptian court sentences a radical cleric to death in absentia on charges of establishing a “terror group” after the 2013 overthrow of an elected Islamist president.
Wagdi Ghoneim, who currently lives in Turkey and is an outspoken supporter of ousted President Mohammed Morsi, dismisses the ruling, saying he has not been in Egypt since 2001.
Egypt has waged a sweeping crackdown against Morsi’s now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group, jailing thousands and killing hundreds in street clashes in the months following his 2013 overthrow.
Ghoneim supports the Brotherhood, but espouses to hard-line views that are dismissed by more moderate members of the group, such as a prohibition on celebrating Christmas with Christians. He sparked controversy on a visit to Tunisia in 2012 by saying that “seculars and liberals” are “apostates,” and describing female genital mutilation as an “aesthetic operation.”
If he returns to Egypt, he would be retried on the same charges.
— Agencies
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