(Photo: Mohamed al-Gheiti)
An Egyptian court on Sunday sentenced a television host to one year in prison for interviewing a gay man last year, a judicial source said, reports Daily Mail.
Mohamed al-Gheiti, who has expressed his stance against homosexuality on several occasions, was accused of promoting homosexuality and contempt of religion.
The misdemeanours court in Giza also fined him 3,000 Egyptian pounds ($147) and ordered he be put under surveillance for one year after serving his sentence, said the lawyer who brought the case against him.
The verdict can be appealed, and it can be suspended if Gheiti pays bail of 1,000 pounds pending the outcome of the appeal, said the lawyer.
In August 2018, Gheiti hosted a gay man on his talk show on the private LTC TV station and discussed homosexuality on air.
During the interview, the gay man, whose face was blurred to hide his identity, said he was a sex worker and openly talked about his relationship with another man.
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