Egyptian TV satirist released after questioning

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Yesterday it was posted here that this particular TV satirist and heart surgeon had turned himself in to police who wanted him for daring to speak negatively about Islam and the government, which I am quite certain sees itself as religion.

As a celebrity in a volatile nation they seem to give him better treatment than they do for ordinary citizens they see as not quite so sympathetic to the regime. Even so, this person deserves major kudos for bravery. He could be a game changer. Both as a popular TV host or as a heart surgeon this person could have a pretty amazing life anywhere he chose to live. The fact that he is taking this risk to take on this horrifying and totalitarian regime for the sake of his country shows a great deal of character.

H/T Bear

Yahoo.ComA bodyguard secures popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office to face accusations of insulting Islam and the country's Islamist leader in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Government opponents said the warrant against such a high profile figure, known for lampooning President Mohammed Morsi and the new Islamist political class, was an escalation in a campaign to intimidate critics. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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    • Egyptian popular television satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, waves to is supporters as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 31, 2013 for accusations of allegedly insulting Islam and the country's leader. The acceleration in legal action targeting protesters, activists and critics comes against a backdrop of continued unrest in the country. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)View PhotoEgyptian popular television satirist …
    • Popular Egyptian television satirist Bassem Youssef, who has come to be known as Egypt's Jon Stewart, waves to is supporters as he enters Egypt's state prosecutors office to face accusations of insulting Islam and the country's Islamist leader in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Government opponents said the warrant against such a high profile figure, known for lampooning President Mohammed Morsi and the new Islamist political class, was an escalation in a campaign to intimidate critics. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)View PhotoPopular Egyptian television satirist …

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s most popular television satirist, who every week skewers the Islamist president and hard-line clerics on his Jon Stewart-style show, was released on bail Sunday but could face charges of insulting the country’s leader and Islam.

Bassem Youssef is the most prominent critic of President Mohammed Morsi to be called in for questioning in recent weeks, in what the opposition says is a campaign to intimidate critics amid wave after wave of political unrest in deeply polarized Egypt.

Arrest warrants have been issued for five prominent anti-government activists accused of instigating violence.

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Canadian artist and counter-jihad and freedom of speech activist as well as devout Schrödinger's catholic

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