Prime Minister Saad Hariri Saturday commended the decision of a judge in Tripoli after an unusual sentence was given that spared three young Lebanese men jail time for the potentially serious crime of contempt for religion. The men, aged between 16 and 18, were accused of insulting Christianity. Judge Joceline Matta ruled that the men would avoid prison as long as they memorized verses of the Surat al-Omran from the Quran.

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