A senior citizen has been arrested at his home in Mentakab, Temerloh, for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad in a Facebook post.
The 68-year-old man was detained today following multiple police reports by individuals and Muslim civil society groups since yesterday.
Pahang police chief Mohd Zakaria Ahmad said that the case would be referred to police in Batu Pahat, where the first police report against the man was filed.
The man, who uses the Facebook profile name ‘Foo Sing Wai’, had posted a caricature depicting a naked Prophet Muhammad with a naked girl identified as six-year-old Aishah, the youngest of the Prophet’s wives.
The manner in which the two revered Islamic figures were depicted in the viral post had riled up Muslims, who said the post went overboard and was rude, and called for action to be taken against the user.
Zakaria urged the public to be careful with what they post on social media, especially on racial and religious topics.