Posted on 03/03/2017 6:42:02 PM PST by Angels27
Sir Rod Stewart could be in breach of strict cyber-crime laws after he was filmed seeming to mimic a beheading in a video. Legal experts have warned the United Arab Emirates' laws forbid people from inciting religious contempt, discrimination or hatred.
Radha Stirling, legal consultant for Detained in Dubai, said: “I can cite precedents where they have put people in prison for lesser crimes than this.” The families of killer Jihadi John ’s victims have branded the singer “disgusting”.
The singer has offered his “deepest apologies”, but said his actions in the Abu Dhabi desert were “misinterpreted”.
The singer, 72, was filmed forcing a male friend to kneel in front of him, then holding his hair and making a cutting motion across his throat.
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Beheading is part of their branding so any depiction is copyright infringement.
Cool. Rod seems to be one of the more level headed ones.
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But I thought ISIS was NOT Islamic.
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