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  • Kuwait’s parliament OKs death penalty for insulting Prophet Muhammad

    04/12/2012 6:57:09 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 22 replies
    BNO News ^ | April 12, 2012
    KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT (BNO NEWS) -- Kuwait's National Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of amendments to the country's penal code to apply the death penalty for those who insult Islam's Prophet Muhammad or his wives, a local newspaper reported on Thursday. Forty-six members of parliament, including all cabinet ministers, voted in favor of the controversial amendments during the first round of voting on Wednesday. Four Shiite members of parliament opposed the amendments, two MPs refused to vote, and one Sunni MP abstained from voting. According to the Kuwait Times, the amendments call for the death penalty for those...