Algerian court convicts convert of insulting prophet
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An appeals court in the Algerian city of Setif has convicted a convert to Christianity for insulting Islam's prophet and sentenced him to three years in prison.
According to Amnesty International, 49-year-old Slimane Bouhafs had been sentenced to a five-year prison term following an Aug. 7 trial for offending the prophet, based on his Facebook posts.
On Tuesday, Bouhafs was convicted on appeal in the court in eastern Algeria.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}His lawyer, Salah Dabouze, said his client had denounced political Islam, but not the religion or Prophet Muhammad, in a Facebook discussion with non-Algerian Christians.
The Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights denounced the verdict, saying it was against the constitution.