It doesn’t matter if the person was correct, insult trumps truth.
To all the ‘jet setting” crowd out there (Formula 1 race circuit, movie stars and the just plain mega wealthy) who think spending time and money in Gulf state countries is so cool, the reality for those who offend Islam and Muslim sensibilities is the complete opposite.
Dane gets three years for ‘insulting’ Bahrain’s king
Published: 05 Dec 2014 12:20 GMT+01:00
A Bahrain court sentenced Danish-Bahraini dual citizen Zainab al-Khawaja to three years in prison for ripping up a picture of the country’s king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Amnesty International has reported.
The court found al-Khawaja guilty of “insulting” the king and in addition to her three-year prison sentence, she was also ordered to pay a 48,000 kroner fine.
Earlier just this week, al-Khawaja’s sister Maryam was also sentenced to prison in Bahrain on charges she assaulted a police officer. Maryam al-Khawaja was sentenced in absentia and will face imprisonment if she attempts to return to Bahrain.