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المادة 11
قانون رقم (58) لسنة 2006 بشأن حماية المجتمع من الأعمال الإرهابية, as substituted by قانون رقم (8) لسنة 2019
- Target
- Promotion, glorification, exaltation, justification, approval, or encouragement of acts constituting a punishable terrorist activity
- Test
- By any means, whether inside or outside the Kingdom. No requirement that a further terrorist act follow. A second paragraph covers possession of a writing containing those acts, prepared for distribution.
- Max
- Imprisonment not exceeding 5 years and a fine of 2,000 to 5,000 dinars (speech limb); imprisonment not exceeding 5 years (possession limb)
يعاقَب بالسجن مدة لا تزيد على خمس سنوات وبالغرامة التي لا تقل عن ألفي دينار ولا تزيد على خمسة آلاف دينار كل مَن قام بأية وسيلة بالترويج أو التمجيد أو التعظيم أو التبرير أو التحبيذ أو التشجيع لأعمال تشكِّل نشاطاً إرهابياً معاقَباً عليه، سواء كان ذلك داخل المملكة أو خارجها.
Official Arabic, Legislation and Legal Opinion Commission, Law 8/2019 substituting Law 58/2006 art. 11. Working English: whoever by any means promotes, glorifies, exalts, justifies, approves, or encourages acts constituting a punishable terrorist activity, whether inside or outside the Kingdom — imprisonment not exceeding 5 years and a fine of 2,000 to 5,000 dinars.
Cite · Law 58/2006, art. 11 (as substituted by Law 8/2019) · as of 2026-09-05
- Do not cite the pre-2019 art. 11 as live. Do not collapse glorification into art. 17 incitement. Do not treat it as a US-citizen equivalent.
- ترويج / تمجيد / تعظيم / تبرير / تحبيذ / تشجيع is independent praise on the face of the statute. The 2006 original was advocacy of a crime committed for a terrorist purpose; the 2019 substitution is the live charged form.
- Art. 17 (incitement to commit an offence for a terrorist purpose, even if without effect) is a neighbouring incitement cell, not this quote.