One of Sadat's most remarkable acts during…
1979 CE
Among the shameful crimes punishable under this law are "advocating any doctrine that implies negation of divine teaching," "allowing children or youth to go astray by advocating the repudiation of popular, religious, moral, or national values or by setting a bad example in a public place," and "broadcasting or publishing gross or scurrilous words or pictures that could offend public sensibilities or undermine the dignity of the state."
Offenders can be barred from public life or from engaging in economic activity or managing their own property; they can be condemned to internal exile or prohibited from leaving the country.
The Law of Shame is approved in a referendum by more than ninety-eight percent of the electorate.
This is remarkable since there is widespread opposition to the law, which is denounced as "an act of shame."
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