Al Meezan is the State of Qatar's official online legal portal, publishing the authoritative text of Qatari statutes including Law No. 11 of 2004, the Penal Code, whose Article 256 criminalizes insulting Allah, the Quran, Islam or the prophets.
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Tier one: Al Meezan, the Qatari government's own legal portal, publishing Law No. 11 of 2004 (the Penal Code) article by article in its official English translation, confirmed here reading Article 256's text and the seven-year maximum penalty directly. Citation
PublisherAl Meezan, official Qatari legal portal
URLhttps://www.almeezan.qa/LawArticles.aspx?LawTreeSectionID=249&lawId=26&language=en
Source Typeprimary-text
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