"I advise you to leave the studio and go straight to a psychiatric hospital."

A young Egyptian, Mohammad Hashem, is invited to the Alhadath Alyoum TV studio to participate in a debate with former Deputy Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mahmoud Ashour. He says that he's an atheist, and is then subjected to a barrage of insults and abuse from the Sheikh, and from TV host Mahmoud Abd Al-Halim. Eventually he's kicked off the show, as his ideas "are destructive and bad for Egyptian youth".

He's a brave lad, anyway. I doubt he was surprised by the reaction.

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2 responses to “An atheist in Egypt”

  1. Jacqueline Sonntag Avatar
    Jacqueline Sonntag

    I would like to get in contact with Mohammad Hashem. How can I find his facebook-account, if he has one?

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  2. Mick H Avatar
    Mick H

    Well, you can Google Mohammad Hashem, and the first item will be Profiles on Facebook. I don’t know if he’s on there – there are quite a lot of them.
    Other than that, I don’t know. I’m just showing this MEMRI clip. I don’t have any inside knowledge about the man.

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