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A jurisprudential and legal study of insulting

Abstract: This research was conducted with the aim of examining the jurisprudential and legal study of insulting religious sanctities in the field of the press. The results showed that insulting Islamic sanctities is not a new issue. Muslim sanctities have always been desecrated and insulted by the enemies of Islam throughout history, but unfortunately, it has reached its peak in the last few decades, and this insult has appeared in various forms of freedom of expression, including books, articles, cartoons, etc., and those who insult claim that freedom of expression gives them this right, and they consider any suppression and reaction to insults to be a restriction of freedom of expression. In Islam, sacred things include things that are respected by the Islamic community, and they include: the Holy Being, the angels and divine messengers, the Holy Quran, the Holy Prophet (PBUH), the Imams (AS), great Islamic figures and religious scholars, sacred places and times, and in general, all persons who are free from any impurity and whose sanctity must be respected. Depending on the type of insult, the perpetrator of the crime of insulting sacred things is sometimes subject to a Ta’zir punishment, and in some cases, the presence of special factors leads to an increase in the punishment, which is considered as insulting the Prophet and apostasy. This crime of insulting sacred things is stated in the books of jurisprudence in the form of the rule “Sanctity of insulting the respected things” under the title of venerating Islamic rituals. This crime is also stated in Article 513 of the Islamic Penal Code, as well as its clear example, the crime of insulting the Prophet. Keywords: Jurisprudence and Law, Insult, Religious Sanctities, Press.

Keywords: Jurisprudence and Law, Insult, Religious Sanctities, Press