- Na qi ▁guilty ▁on ▁all ▁charges — " ins ult ing ▁the ▁Pro ph et , ▁the ▁Pro ph et ' s ▁wife ▁and ▁compan ions , ▁mock ing ▁Islam , ▁prov oking ▁sect arian ▁t ensions , ▁ins ult ing ▁the ▁r ul ers ▁of ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia ▁and ▁Bah rain ▁and ▁mis using ▁his ▁mobile ▁phone ▁to ▁spread ▁the ▁comments " — ▁and ▁on ▁ 4 ▁June ▁gave ▁him ▁the ▁maximum ▁prison ▁sentence ▁of ▁ten ▁years . ▁His ▁lawyer ▁stated ▁that ▁al - Na qi ▁intended ▁to ▁appeal . ▁ ▁Al - Na qi , ▁who ▁is ▁a ▁K uw ait i ▁Sh i ' ite , ▁alleg edly ▁used ▁Twitter ▁to ▁critic ize ▁the ▁Sun ni ▁monarch ies ▁of ▁Bah rain ▁and ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia , ▁who ▁were ▁experien cing ▁sect arian ▁t ensions ▁during ▁the ▁Arab ▁Spring - in sp ired ▁Bah ra ini ▁u pr ising . ▁ ▁Re actions ▁Media ▁comment ators ▁described ▁al - Na qi ' s ▁case ▁as ▁demonstr ating ▁" g row ing ▁t ensions ▁between ▁the ▁country ' s ▁Sun ni ▁majority ▁and ▁Sh i ite ▁minor ity ". ▁Al - Na qi ' s ▁sentence ▁was ▁protest ed ▁by ▁Human ▁Rights ▁Watch , ▁which ▁stated ▁that ▁" K uw ait i ▁authorities ▁clearly ▁viol ate ▁international ▁rights ▁standards ▁when ▁they ▁pun ish ▁Ham ad ▁al - Na qi ▁for ▁critic izing ▁neighbor ing ▁monarch s ▁... ▁This ▁har sh ▁sentence ▁appears ▁designed ▁to ▁int im id ate ▁other