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Yes — Federal Law 7/2014 art. 34 (as amended 2024) promote or advocate a terrorist organisation, terrorist person, or terrorist crime.

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    Yes — Federal Law 7/2014 art. 34 (as amended 2024) promote or advocate a terrorist organisation, terrorist person, or terrorist crime.
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    المادة 34

    القانون الاتحادي رقم (7) لسنة 2014 في شأن مكافحة الجرائم الإرهابية

    Target
    Promoting or advocating a terrorist organisation, terrorist person, or terrorist crime
    Test
    By speech, writing, or any other means, with knowledge. 2024 amendment raised the penalty to life imprisonment plus a fine.
    Max
    Life imprisonment and AED 2–4 million
    يُعاقب بالسجن المؤبد والغرامة التي لا تقل عن (2,000,000) مليوني درهم ولا تزيد على (4,000,000) أربعة ملايين درهم كل من روج أو حبذ بالقول أو الكتابة أو بأي طريقة أخرى لأي تنظيم إرهابي أو شخص إرهابي أو جريمة إرهابية، مع علمه بذلك.

    Official Arabic, uaelegislation.gov.ae, Federal Law 7 of 2014 art. 34 as updated (Federal Law 4 of 2024). Working English: whoever promotes or advocates, by speech, writing, or any other means, any terrorist organisation, terrorist person, or terrorist crime, knowing that, is punished with life imprisonment and a fine of AED 2–4 million.

    Cite · Federal Law No. 7 of 2014, art. 34 (as amended 2024) · as of 2026-09-05

    • روج أو حبذ is promote / advocate. Independent praise of a terrorist crime is on the face of the statute.
    • English consolidation of the same instrument: https://uaelegislation.gov.ae/en/legislations/1018
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