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Insult
\r\n Al-Anam (The Cattle) - Chapter 6: Verse 108 (partial)

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"Revile not (la tasubbu) those who call upon other than God, lest, exceeding the limits, they abuse God in ignorance...\"

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Any word, expression, or gesture which attacks the dignity of the person to whom it is addressed, and which humiliates the latter in the eyes of his or her compatriots may be termed an 'insult.'

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To be insulting, words must be hurtful, but they need not be uttered in pubic in order to qualify as sabb. Similarly, the intention behind the words uttered is not of great significance, especially when the words in question are common words of insult whose purport can be objectively ascertained.

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Commentators on the Quran have concluded that this verse forbids any insults that are likely to invoke hostility and abuse in response - which shows that the religious affiliation of the person to whom the insult is addressed is immaterial, although the text refers explicitly only to disbelievers and makes no reference to believers.

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Compiled From:
\r\n \"Freedom of Expression in Islam\" - Mohammad Hashim Kamali, pp. 177, 178

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