From the Daily News Egypt…

Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday ordered Adel Hammouda, editor-in-chief of Al-Fajr independent daily and Mohamed Al-Baz, to pay a fine of LE 80,000 as civil compensation for a case brought against them by Al-Azhar Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawy.
Tantway had accused them of “deliberating insulting Al-Azhar institution through insulting the Al-Azhar Sheikh who represents the institution”.
Hammouda and Al-Baz were made to pay a LE 500 on the spot.
Both Hammouda and Al-Baz were placed in the dock during the hearing.
Although both men were found guilty, the two men’s supporters present at the hearing were thrilled that the verdict did not include a jail sentence.
“All I’m worried about now is gathering the required LE 160,000 to end the case,” Hammouda said after the ruling was pronounced.
Tantawy filed the law suit over a month ago when Al-Fajr ran an article by Al-Baz titled “The Grand Vatican Sheikh,” deemed offensive by Tantawy. The piece was accompanied by a doctored image of Tantawy dressed in the robes of the Vatican Pope, with a big cross hanging from his neck.
Tantawy demanded the arrest of both men and accused the newspaper of “intentionally insulting him.” He also turned down the request of a delegation from the Journalists’ Syndicate headed by syndicate chairman Makram Mohamed Ahmed, who visited Tantawy and asked him to drop the court case in return for the publication of a formal apology indicating that the newspaper never meant to insult him.
Coinciding with Hammouda and Al-Baz’s court session, two other publishing crimes lawsuits were also heard.