‘I don’t answer to the ignorant’ says Egyptian writer accused of blasphemy

A BUNCH of Egyptian primitives who call themselves Jama’a Islamiya (the Muslim Brotherhood) are foaming at the mouth over another perceived “blasphemy” – committed this time by Dr Nawal el-Saadawi.

Dr Nawal el-Saadawi. AFP/GETTY images

The Brotherhood of half-wits want her indicted on charges of blasphemy and contempt for religion and God, expressed in her book, The Fall of the Imam, and her play, God resigns for the Summit.

A Brotherhood statement written by Sheikh Husein Al Gharib, a “leading” cleric declared:

Under the pretext of freedom of thought, blasphemy and ridiculing Islam and its laws and principles are underway.

Al Gharib also demanded to know why Saadawi had never been prosecuted, and asked why she had singled out Islam without attacking Christianity.

Does she dare to talk about Jesus Christ, considered by Christians God or the son of God? … Saadawi and her peers who claim to be people of thought, have sold themselves to the enemies of Islam, and are being used to target Islam and Muslims.

According to this report, Saadawi has sparked wide debate and controversy over the years with her opinions about traditions within Islam. She has called the Hajj (the pilgrimage) “a pagan habit” and referred to God in the feminine form.

She has made her reputation by defending women’s rights and criticizing the political repression in Egypt.

Saadawi dismissed the Brotherhood statement, saying:

I don’t answer to the ignorant.