Man sentenced to death for killing Christian

An Egyptian court sentenced a Muslim man to death for murdering a Christian for selling alcohol, security and judicial officials said. The court in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria issued its sentence after receiving approval from the mufti, the official interpreter of Islamic law whose role is advisory. The verdict can be appealed. Adel Abu […]

An Egyptian court sentenced a Muslim man to death for murdering a Christian for selling alcohol, security and judicial officials said.
The court in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria issued its sentence after receiving approval from the mufti, the official interpreter of Islamic law whose role is advisory. The verdict can be appealed. Adel Abu Al-Nur el-Sayed, 50, was accused of killing 61-year-old Youssef Lamei, a Coptic Christian, on January 2 in Alexandria. Sayed had walked up to Lamei as he sat outside his liquor store and slit his throat, the victim’s son Tony Youssef, who witnessed the murder, told AFP.
Sayed, who spots a long beard in the manner of Muslim fundamentalists, later told the court that he would kill all alcohol sellers if he could, judicial sources said. Consumption of alcohol is forbidden in Islam.