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 The public prosecutor issued an arrest warrant on Tuesday for
Taymour el-Sobky, accusing him of slandering Egyptian women and
damaging their honor, according to a statement from his office.
Sobky caused a furor after making his conclusions on the evening
talk show Mumkin, which means "It is Possible".
His remarks were aired in December on privately-owned CBC channel
but did not generate controversy until a clip was posted on social
media this week. The show was suspended for 15 days as a result.
"Thirty percent of Egyptian women are ready for immorality, they
just can't find someone to encourage them," said Sobky, whose
Facebook page, "Diaries of a Suffering Husband", has more than one
million followers.
 "These days, it is very normal for women to cheat on their husbands
and seek it out ... Many women are involved in extramarital affairs
while their husbands are abroad."
Egypt is a conservative, predominantly Muslim country where sex
outside of marriage is frowned upon.
Sobky's comments included the suggestion that arranged marriages in
traditional southern Egypt exacerbated the problem of infidelity
because women ended up with men they don't know.
One masked man from the region appeared in a video carried on
YouTube with an assault rifle and issued a death threat against
Sobky.
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Legal expert Tarek Ismail said that according to Egyptian law, Sobky
could be jailed for up to three years if convicted.
"Women cheat on their husbands, and their husbands know about it.
They keep forgiving them until they give up and leave," Sobky said.
CBC said in a statement that Sobky's remarks were part of a long
discussion and that the host of Mumkin refuted them.
(Additional reporting by Haitham Ahmed and Ali Abdelaty; editing by
Michael Georgy and Katharine Houreld)
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