Article 34 of the Saudi Counter-Terrorism Crimes and Financing Law

This article punishes forms of intellectual and moral support for terrorism, even if the person takes no part in any physical act. The penalty is imprisonment for no less than 3 years and no more than 8 years.

The punishable acts include:

• Supporting any terrorist thought or calling for it, or supporting a terrorist entity, a terrorist crime or the methodology of its perpetrator.
• Expressing sympathy with it, or justifying its act or crime.
• Promoting the crime or praising it.
• Possessing or holding any document, publication or recording, of any kind, that contains justification or promotion of terrorist thought or a terrorist crime, or praise of them, provided the possession is with the intent to publish or promote.

Note that the condition of "intent to publish or promote" appears in the text in connection with possessing documents, publications and recordings.

This article differs from Article 33, which punishes joining or participating in a terrorist entity with imprisonment of 3 to 20 years, and from Article 35, which punishes inciting joining or recruitment with imprisonment of 8 to 25 years. Article 34 deals with support, sympathy and promotion without joining or recruitment.

Because the lines between expressing an opinion and the acts in the article may need careful assessment, a person facing an accusation under it is advised to consult a lawyer who specializes in criminal cases.