27 July 2011

Dubai court fines UK woman for calling colleague a 'Bin Laden supporter'

A Dubai court has fined a British woman for insulting Islam after she accused her Muslim co-worker of being 'a fan of Osama bin-Laden' on Facebook. The 31-year-old landed in court on charges of calling her colleague a 'Bin Laden supporter' on the social network site, the Daily Mail reports.

The race-horse trainer, named only as EL in court proceedings, was hauled before a judge last week after the online spat in September 2010.

Her Egyptian ex-colleague accused her of disrespecting 'Islam and Ramadan' when she posted a series of disparaging remarks on Facebook. [NEWS TRACK India] Read more [via EuropeNews]