[An Nahar] Kuwait's court of appeals on Monday upheld a 10-year jail term against a Shiite tweeter for remarks deemed offensive to Islam's Prophet Mohammed, his wife and companions.Hamad al-Naqi, 23, who has been in jail since March 2012, was found guilty of the religious insults and of criticizing the leaders of neighboring Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
and Bahrain, according to the court ruling.
He was handed the heavy sentence by a lower court in June last year. The ruling can still be challenged in the supreme court.
Naqi was tried on charges of insulting Islam's Prophet Mohammed, in addition to his wife Aisha and several companions, who are revered by Sunni Musselmens.
He posted the offensive messages on two Twitter accounts in February and March of 2012, according to the ruling.
Naqi claimed his Twitter accounts were hacked during that period.
In recent months, Kuwait has tossed in the clink
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
tweeters and activists amid sectarian tensions between the emirate's Sunni majority and Shiite minority.
Opposition activists have also been tossed in the clink
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
for using Twitter to insult the emir of the oil-rich Gulf state.