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المادة 108
قانون الجزاء الصادر بالمرسوم السلطاني رقم 7 / 2018
- Target
- Promoting religious or sectarian strife, or stirring hatred, detestation, or division among the population of the State, or inciting the same
- Test
- The same penalty for holding or knowingly taking part in a meeting, symposium, or conference for those purposes. Aggravator if committed in a place of worship, an official establishment, or a public venue, or by a public official in the course of work, or by a person of religious capacity.
- Max
- Imprisonment of 3 to 10 years (part 1)
يعاقب بالسجن مدة لا تقل عن (٣) ثلاث سنوات، ولا تزيد على (١٠) عشر سنوات كل من روج لما يثير النعرات أو الفتن الدينية أو المذهبية، أو أثار ما من شأنه الشعور بالكراهية أو البغضاء أو الفرقة بين سكان البلاد، أو حرض على ذلك.
Official Arabic, Royal Decree 7/2018 promulgating the Penal Law, art. 108, as consolidated on qanoon.om. Official English of the Ministry of Legal Affairs: whoever promotes religious and sectarian tensions or commotions, prompts the feeling of hatred, detestation, or division between the population of the State, or incites it — 3 to 10 years.
Cite · Penal Law (RD 7/2018), art. 108 · as of 2026-09-05
- Do not treat art. 108 as Israel §24.
- Overlay. RD 68/2022 and RD 11/2025 amend other articles of this Law; art. 108 is not those amendments.
- The EXTRA_PARTIAL cybercrime pointer is a neighbouring instrument, not this quote.