Egypt’s state news agency says a hard-line Islamist preacher has been arrested for slandering a famous actress by accusing her of “practicing prostitution.”

In December, Abdullah Badr was sentenced to a year in prison and fined for his remarks about Elham Chahine on el-Hafiz TV, which is associated with the ultraconservative Salafi movement.

The Middle East News Agency said his appeal was rejected earlier this week, and police arrested him Wednesday in the Delta Sharqia province after he failed to turn himself in.   »»» CBS 21 News (Pennsylvania, U.S.)

How curious! An extremist Salifi preacher who does not know the Qur’an’s teaching on making such accusations:

“Those who accuse innocent women [of fornication] without producing four witnesses are liable to eighty lashes as punishment. (Q. 24:4)”

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said that accusing another person of adultery or fornication without proof is an attack on that person’s reputation, which is one of three types of oppression. The others are stealing another’s property and shedding innocent blood.

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