The Attorney General's Office and the Islamic Ministry have suggested additional revisions to the controversial government bill calling for amending the Penal Code to penalize acts of hate, which have been sent to the Parliament's Judiciary Committee following lengthy debates.

The Attorney General's Office said today that the Judiciary Committee's proposed revisions to the bill were reviewed during a series of sessions that ended today.

It was also revealed that negotiations were undertaken with the Islamic Ministry on ways to improve the revisions originally presented by the Judiciary Committee, according to the report's authors.

As a result of this, Parliament cancelled the vote on the bill and referred it back to the Judiciary Committee on July 8. In order to address the concerns highlighted by several parties, additional modifications to the law were presented.

Alleging a certain individual has violated Islam or stood against it in public, provoking hatred against a specific person within the community by citing Islamic faith, and accusing, labelling or participating in the characterization of Muslims as "kafirs" in public are all defined as acts of hatred in the bill.