01 May 2012

Man sent to psychiatric ward over Facebook insults to Islam

A man who posted images insulting Islam on Facebook was driven insane by an unhappy youth spent reading communist books and should be sent to a psychiatric institution, a court decided today.

The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court requested the tests after the man admitted it was "possible" that he was suffering a psychological illness.

He confessed to posting the images, telling Chief Justic Sayed Abdulbaseer, head of the court, that he would withdraw his actions if he could. [The National] Read more