There’s a reason Obama had to waive the human rights requirement when he approved $1.3 billion in aid to Muslim Brotherhood-run Egypt.

Via Egypt Independent:

Luxor Misdemeanor Court on Tuesday fined a female Coptic teacher LE100,000 for allegedly insulting Islam and the Prophet Mohamed.

Parents of students at Naga Sheikh Sultan Elementary School had earlier accused 23-year-old educator Damiana Ebeid Abdel Nour of insulting the Prophet and preaching Christianity to their children.

The verdict was delivered amid tight security outside the court where crowds of Islamists chanted slogans claiming the ruling had not gone far enough.

During the session, plaintiff lawyers told the court Abdel Nour should be prosecuted for expressing “extremist” ideas, and also demanded the Education Minister Ibrahim Ghoneim be included in the case.

Rafla Zekry, human rights committee head at Luxor’s Lawyers Syndicate, told state-run newspaper al-Ahram that the teacher was not present at the session.