1- Insulting Allah through writing, drawing, gesturing or in any other way or through any other means.
2- Offending, misinterpreting or violating the Holy Quran.
3- Offending the Islamic religion or any of its rites and dictates.
4- Cursing any of the divine religions according to the regulations of Islamic law.
5- Insulting any of the prophets through writing, drawing, gesturing or in any other way or through any other means.
6- Sabotaging, breaking, damaging or violating sites or their contents if they are made to perform religious rites for one of the divine religions according to the
regulations of Islamic law.
Article 257
Whoever establishes, organizes or runs an assembly, association, organization or a branch aimed at opposing or challenging the basics and tenets of
Islam, or calls upon, or favors or promotes another religion; cult or concept shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years.
Article 258
Any person who joins, participates or contributes in any way to one of the groups mentioned in the preceding Article shall be liable to a prison term up to five
years.
Article 259
Whoever opposes or doubts any of the basics or tenets of Islam, or calls upon, or favors or promotes another religion, cult or concept shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.
Article 260
Whoever holds a meeting for the purpose of opposing or challenging the basics or tenets of Islam or promoting another religion shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years.
The same penalty shall be imposed on any person who participates in the preparation of the meeting or joins it while being aware of its purpose.
Article 261
Whoever possesses documents, printed publications or recorded tapes or any other materials favoring or promoting the stipulations of Articles 256 and 259
with the intention of distributing them or revealing them to others, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and/or a fine not
exceeding ten thousand Qatari Riyals (QR 10.000).
The same penalty shall be imposed on any person who possesses any means of printing, recording or diffusing, or who prints, records or diffuses calls,
anthems, or propaganda to a cult, assembly, association or organization with the knowledge that the aim of such actions relate to one of the purposes
stipulated in the previous Paragraph.