Six expat Copts receive death penalty sentence for anti-Islam film

Ahram Online - 28/11/2012 Court orders death penalty for 6 Coptic Egyptians, who reside abroad, over controversial anti-Islam film. The state security court issued a verdict on Wednesday sentencing six expatriate Coptic Egyptians to the death penalty for offending the Islamic faith, on charges related to producing the anti-Islamic film ’The Innocence of Muslims’ . Bishop Marcus of the Coptic Orthodox Church described the sentence as “harsh”, while asserting that the church rejects any offence towards any religion.