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Abu Dhabi: The legal authorities have warned residents in the UAE against acts of hatred or discrimination.
Tough penalties, including a five-year jail term and fines ranging between Dh250,000-Dh2 million, will be imposed for blasphemy.
The UAE Public Prosection has outlined actions that constitute blasphemy in the emirates on its social media platforms.
They are:
- Offending, showing contempt or irreverence towards the ‘Divine Entity’.
- Offending, insulting, challenging, defaming or disrespecting any religion or any of its rituals or sacred things, or disrupting or preventing licensed religious observances or ceremonies by violence or threat.
- Distorting, destroying, desecrating or insulting, in any way, any of the holy books.
- Insulting, disrespecting, offending or defaming one of the messengers or their spouses, family or companions.
- Destroying, damaging or desecrating the sanctity of places of worship, cemeteries or graves.
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