Al-Azbekiya Misdemeanor Court decided to postpone the trial of Fr. Makari Younnan, Pastore of the Orthodox Church in Azbekiya, accused of contempt of religion, to 11 November.
Counselor Amir Ramzy, defense lawyer for Fr. Makari Younnan, said that the postponement of the case to November was due to the absence of lawyer Samir Sabri, who filed a complaint against Fr. Makari for contempt of Islam.
In a statement to Al-Dostour, Ramzi pointed out that there is no evidence that Fr. Makari insulted the religion of Islam, as Sabri claimed. The video is a defense of the Christian religion and not an insult to Islam, as alleged by the defendant.