Nashat Munther was arrested in the capital, Beirut, based on a discriminatory signal from the Public Prosecution Office, and he is currently under investigation.
And “Sky News Arabia” learned, from judicial sources, that “the prosecutor of the prophethood was arrested by the state security in Beirut, based on the news provided by Judge Sheikh Wael Shabaro, and lawyers Muhammad Ziad Jafail and Noureddine Baalbaki, which was later confirmed by news from the Secretary of Dar Al-Fatwa. In Lebanon, Sheikh Amin Al-Kurdi, based on the directives of the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Abdul Latif Derya, asked the Discriminatory Public Prosecution to take the necessary legal action against him and the right of everyone who appears to be participating in the investigation, based on the provisions of Articles 317 and 474 of the Penal Code..
The amended Article 317 states that “every act, every writing, and every speech intended to or resulting in sectarian or racial strife, or incitement to conflict between sects and the various elements of the nation, is punishable by imprisonment from one to three years.”“.
Article 474 also stipulates that “Whoever, in one of the prescribed ways, insults religious rites that are publicly practiced, or incites contempt for one of those rites, shall be punished by imprisonment from 6 months to 3 years.”“.
Munther sparked controversy in Lebanon, after Dar Al-Fatwa in Lebanon submitted a lawsuit to the Discriminatory Public Prosecution, in the middle of last month, calling for his punishment.
The man appeared in a video clip carrying a stick, and drawing incomprehensible shapes on his forehead, claiming that he was “sent from heaven,” adding on Facebook, that “Egyptians are prohibited from entering the group that he created on his page.”
Social media pioneers at the time were preoccupied with comments rejecting the presence of such an abusive person in Lebanon, calling for his swift trial..