BEIRUT, LEBANON (5:40 P.M.) – The Lebanese intelligence forces arrested a man in the South Governorate, Monday, after he allegedly insulted the Virgin Mary on the internet.

The Public Relations Department of the General Directorate of Internal Security Forces (ISF) reported that its intelligence unit had arrested the Lebanese national inside the town of Kfarsir in the South Governorate.

Using a fake identity (Mustafa Sbeity) on Facebook, the Lebanese man was tracked down by the intelligence forces and arrested for insulting the Virgin Mary.

According to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA), an investigation has been opened after the Lebanese national acknowledged he was the insult.