The Jordanian authorities yesterday arrested the publisher and a prominent journalist of an online news website, for having published an image (in the picture) of Jesus deemed "offensive" by the Christian community. Mohammed al-Wakeel, who directs the Al Wakeel News portal, has been accused of blasphemy along with a chief editor, for "fomenting" hatred and sectarian divisions.
According to the indictment, the two risk from a minimum of six months to a maximum of three years in prison.
Al Wakeel News bosses jailed over blasphemous cartoon of Jesus