Egypt: The Egyptian Apostate · Global Voices
Marwa Rakha

Egyptian progressive thinker, Dr. Sayed El Qemany was granted the State Award for Social Sciences. Egyptian liberals and seculars hailed the award while Wahabis and conservatives declared war on the “Egyptian Apostate”.
On Egyptian talks the following question was thrown on the table:
Salafi Selections wrote a post titled What next adressing Farouk Hosni, the Egyptian Minister of Culture denying Dr. El Qemany his award and calling him
Lawsuits have been filed in opposition of granting Dr. El Qemany the award:
Sheikh Youssef Al Badri, known for his Hisbah lawsuits, addressed Egypt's Attorney General and Al Azhar to withdraw the award. He was also hosted on TV in a debate against Dr. El Qemany. The debate was posted in 8 parts with a transcript in Arabic.
Youssef Al Badri accused Dr. El Qemany saying:
El Qemany responded:
A Facebook group (30 members) was created attacking El Qemany and his award and another group (173 members) was created in his defense.
Dr. Sayed El Qemany responded to those who denied him his award saying:
Supportive bloggers hailed the award as a victory of the enlightened mind.
Tarek Heggy wrote addressing Dr. El Qemany:
Hassan El Helali issued a statement on behalf of Egypt's free enlightened front addressed to:
and
In this open letter he says:
[Translation of the above statement is courtesy of blogger Mark Nader Behelak]
Female blogger Ghawayesh wrote a sarcastic post about the fear of questioning religion.
In her opinion, all the fuss Youssef El Badri created is because:
The snow-ball effect is going beyond all expectations. Logic is winning the battle and that is scaring the bile out of the bang gang!!
They want him dead. Elqemany is being sought after and his life is in danger. Why?
Because he is bad influence on the ideology of the Muslim youth. :)