An Egyptian court has sentenced Mohammed Fahmy to one year
in prison on Tuesday for “spreading the Shiite doctrine”. According to Al Arabiya:
Image and description from The British Museum: Standards such as this were carried in religious processions particularly at the Muharram ceremony which, for Shi’a Muslims, commemorates the martyrdom of the third Shi’i Imam, Husayn, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad at the battle of Karbala.
