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Yes — Anti-Terror Law 94/2015 art. 28 direct or indirect promotion of a terrorist crime, including promotion of ideas and beliefs calling for the use of violence.

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    Yes — Anti-Terror Law 94/2015 art. 28 direct or indirect promotion of a terrorist crime, including promotion of ideas and beliefs calling for the use of violence.
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    المادة 28

    قانون مكافحة الإرهاب رقم 94 لسنة 2015

    Target
    Direct or indirect promotion of a terrorist crime, including promotion of ideas and beliefs calling for the use of violence
    Test
    Promotion or preparation to promote, by speech, writing, or any other means. Indirect promotion = promotion of ideas and beliefs calling for violence. Aggravated if inside a house of worship or among armed/police forces.
    Max
    Imprisonment not less than 5 years; not less than 7 years in a house of worship or among armed/police forces
    يُعاقب بالسجن مدة لا تقل عن خمس سنين كل من روج أو أعد للترويج، بطريق مباشر أو غير مباشر، لارتكاب أية جريمة إرهابية سواء بالقول أو الكتابة أو بأية وسيلة أخرى. ويُعد من قبيل الترويج غير المباشر، الترويج للأفكار والمعتقدات الداعية لاستخدام العنف. وذلك بأي من الوسائل المنصوص عليها في الفقرة السابقة من هذه المادة. وتكون العقوبة السجن مدة لا تقل عن سبع سنين، إذا كان الترويج داخل دور العبادة، أو بين أفراد القوات المسلحة، أو قوات الشرطة، أو في الأماكن الخاصة بهذه القوات.

    Arabic text of Law 94/2015 art. 28 as published 15 August 2015 (Official Gazette). The attached URL is a secondary compilation of that Gazette text, not the Gazette itself. Law 15/2020 did not amend this article. Working English: whoever promotes or prepares to promote, directly or indirectly, the commission of any terrorist crime, by speech, writing, or any other means, is punished by imprisonment of not less than five years. Indirect promotion includes promotion of ideas and beliefs calling for the use of violence. Not less than seven years if the promotion is inside a house of worship, among the armed or police forces, or in places belonging to those forces.

    Cite · Law No. 94 of 2015, art. 28 (Official Gazette 15 August 2015) · as of 2026-09-05

    • Do not use art. 28 to invent a US equivalent.
    • This is a propaganda / promotion crime, including ideas and beliefs calling for violence.
    • Art. 29 (internet / information-network promotion) is a related tool, not this quote.
    • The 2020 amendments (Law 15/2020) substituted arts. 1(و), 3 and 13 and added a paragraph to art. 39. They did not amend art. 28.
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