CAIRO // Egyptian authorities have detained a belly dancer who rose to fame for her videos spoofing Islamists and other politicians over allegations that she is running an unlicensed satellite station.

Prosecutors said on Monday that Sama El Masry was taken into custody late on Sunday in Cairo.

Earlier this year, she launched a satellite station called “Feloul,” a pejorative term used to refer to supporters of longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak, who was toppled in 2011.

Ms El Masry has used the station to vigorously defend the military and its removal last July of Mr Mubarak’s successor, the Islamist Mohammed Morsi.

This week, she attacked a former presidential hopeful who filed a complaint against her.

* Associated Press