The teacher, an assistant
professor at Al-Azhar University, a state-run institution affiliated with Sunni
Islam’s key centre of learning, al-Azhar, will face trial at the criminal court
on charges of dishonouring a number of students and abusing his authority, the
newspaper said.
Egypt’s chief prosecutor on
Saturday ordered a criminal trial for a university teacher who allegedly forced
his students to take off their trousers in order to pass an exam, private newspaper
al-Masry Al Youm reported.
No specific date has been
set for the trial.
Earlier this year, a video
showing the academic promising at a lecture to reward male students who remove
their trousers with marks in the exam went viral.
The footage purportedly
showed at least two students accepting the offer amid cheers from some
colleagues.
The video triggered an
outcry in the conservative country and prompted Al-Azhar University to sack the
teacher in April.
The university called it an
“immoral act and a crime.”
At the time, the academic,
who teaches Islamic creed and philosophy, reportedly apologised for the act,
saying it was meant as a test for students on his lectures about ethics.
Al-Azhar University, which
admits Muslim students only, follows a gender segregation policy, dpa reported.
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