Insult Islam online, go to jail
Declan McCullagh
declan at well.com
Tue Dec 12 15:15:01 PST 2000
Malaysia Takes Action On Anti-Islam Internet Surfers
By Steve Gold, Newsbytes
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA,
12 Dec 2000, 7:48 AM CST
Insulting Islam on the Internet in Malaysia could prove costly from now on,
as the government has warned that offenders face fines of up to $1,300
and/or three years in prison.
This draconian warning came from Abdul Hamid Othman, a minister in the
Malaysian Prime Minister's Department Monday, when he said that any Muslim
world Internet surfers who insult the Prophet Mohammed and the Koran, the
Muslim equivalent of the bible, on the Internet, face dire consequences.
The legal action, he said, will be taken under Syariah criminal law - the
Law of Mohammed - which all Muslim states adopt.
Othman's comments are likely to attract condemnation from Western Internet
users and experts, many of whom, say Islamic proponents, do not understand
the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.
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