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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:2000|2000]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Middle East|Middle East]]==== | |||
====Subject: [[:Category:Language|Language]] [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]==== | ====Subject: [[:Category:Language|Language]] [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]] [[:Category:Sexual/Gender Orientation|Sexual/Gender Orientation]]==== | ||
====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | |||
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'''Artist:''' Laila al-Othman | '''Artist:''' Laila al-Othman | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' Islamist group in Kuwait | '''Confronting Bodies:''' Islamist group in Kuwait | ||
'''Dates of Action:''' 2000 | |||
'''Location:''' Kuwait | |||
''' | '''Description of Artwork:''' In Laila al-Othman’s book ''The Departure'' she uses words such as "lustful" in describing the relationship between one sea wave and another. According to al-Othman, she had not intended this language to have a sexual connotation. <P> | ||
'''The Incident:''' In 2000, ''The Departure'', which reportedly had been approved by the Kuwait government censors in 1984, came under fire. An Islamist group brought a lawsuit against Laila al-Othman for using defamatory expressions and indecent language in her book. <P> | |||
''' | '''Results of Incident:''' In 2000, Laila al-Othman was convicted of using indecent language and defamatory expressions in ''The Departure''. She, along with the professor Alia Shuaib - who was found guilty of publishing opinions that ridicule religion -, were both sentenced to two months in prison for moral and religious offenses, which could be suspended upon payment of a $160 (50 Kuwaiti dinars) fine. On March 26, a Kuwaiti appeals court acquitted Shuaib of the charges of blasphemy and publishing works that ridicule religion. Al-Othman's conviction of using indecent language was upheld. The court's judgments represented the latest in a series of cases brought by Islamists against secular authors. The court did not provide explanations for its rulings. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' http://leb.net/~aljadid/culture/0529staff_01.html ; and, Democracy Frontline at: http://democracyfrontline.org/blog/?p=1597; http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/nea/796.htm | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:03, 24 December 2011
Date: 2000
Region: Middle East
Subject: Language Political/Economic/Social Opinion Sexual/Gender Orientation
Medium: Literature
Artist: Laila al-Othman
Confronting Bodies: Islamist group in Kuwait
Dates of Action: 2000
Location: Kuwait
Description of Artwork: In Laila al-Othman’s book The Departure she uses words such as "lustful" in describing the relationship between one sea wave and another. According to al-Othman, she had not intended this language to have a sexual connotation.
The Incident: In 2000, The Departure, which reportedly had been approved by the Kuwait government censors in 1984, came under fire. An Islamist group brought a lawsuit against Laila al-Othman for using defamatory expressions and indecent language in her book.
Results of Incident: In 2000, Laila al-Othman was convicted of using indecent language and defamatory expressions in The Departure. She, along with the professor Alia Shuaib - who was found guilty of publishing opinions that ridicule religion -, were both sentenced to two months in prison for moral and religious offenses, which could be suspended upon payment of a $160 (50 Kuwaiti dinars) fine. On March 26, a Kuwaiti appeals court acquitted Shuaib of the charges of blasphemy and publishing works that ridicule religion. Al-Othman's conviction of using indecent language was upheld. The court's judgments represented the latest in a series of cases brought by Islamists against secular authors. The court did not provide explanations for its rulings.
Source: http://leb.net/~aljadid/culture/0529staff_01.html ; and, Democracy Frontline at: http://democracyfrontline.org/blog/?p=1597; http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/nea/796.htm
