An Egyptian Christian telecoms mogul has angered Islamic hard-liners by posting an online cartoon of Mickey Mouse with a beard and Minnie in a face veil.
The ultraconservative Islamists, known as Salafis, called the cartoon posted by Naguib Sawiris on Twitter a mockery of Islam.
They launched an online campaign calling on Muslims in Egypt to boycott Mr Sawiris’s mobile phone company, Mobinil. Shares of Mobinil and Orascom Telecom, which Mr Sawiris founded, both fell on the Egyptian stock exchange yesterday. [WalesOnline] Read more
