Egyptian court sides with professor accused of heresy. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers) From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service | Date: January 27, 1994| Author: Sipress, Alan | COPYRIGHT 1994 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

    CAIRO, Egypt _ In a closely watched case, an Egyptian court Thursday spared the marriage and perhaps the life of a University of Cairo professor under attack by Islamic fundamentalists as a heretic. 
    The judge dismissed an unprecedented lawsuit against Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid, which argued that his scholarship on Islamic thought made him an apostate and thus ineligible under Islamic law to remain married to his Muslim wife. 
    If the court had ruled in favor of the fundamentalists a...