An Egyptian Muslim cleric has been barred from preaching and is set to appear before a court for saying Christians and Jews followed corrupt religions and would not go to heaven. Salem Abdel Galil, a former religious endowments ministry official, had made the remarks on a television show he hosts, sparking a backlash in a country reeling from deadly church bombings by Islamist extremists. The endowments ministry, which controls the country's mosques, said Abdel Galil would not be allowed to preach Friday prayer sermons unless he retracts his comments. Naguib Gobrail, a lawyer and Coptic Christian activist, told(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)

Source: dna May 11, 2017 18:56 UTC