However, despite the critical praise Mr Samhan has now been remanded in custody for two weeks while awaiting trial.It's all relative, I guess... apparently the Afghans think the Jordanians are pussies.
Grand Mufti Nuh Qdah said in a recent radio interview that poetry in which words from the Koran were combined with sexual themes was "a type of atheism and blasphemy", the AFP news agency reports.
The penalty in Jordan for insulting Islam or the Muslim prophet is up to three years in jail.
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