3 men in Dubai fined Dh500,000 each for insulting Islam online

They published insults on Instagram and Facebook.
Three protection guards of a five-star hotel have every been fined Dh500,000 by a Dubai court docket for insulting Islam on social media.

The Dubai public prosecution accused the 3 Sri Lankans, aged between 28 and 34, of contempt of religion through posts on Instagram and Facebook.

The Dubai Court of First Instance ordered that each one the three accused be deported after paying the fines.

The trio has been detained.

The case dates lower back to May 19 remaining year. It turned into registered at Al Barsha police station.

A police sergeant stated they moved to the resort after receiving the report.

The incident become reported by way of a senior public relations officer at the lodge. We summoned them for an internal probe. They admitted they had those posts on their bills on Facebook."

The sergeant instructed the prosecution investigator that the 3 defendants admitted they had published the ones inappropriate messages and pix on their accounts on social media.
Copies of those messages and snap shots have been used as prosecution evidence within the case file.

During the prosecution investigation, the three accused confessed to the charge.
The verdict has now turn out to be final as no one of the defendants filed an appeal inside the felony deadline.