Showing posts with label insulting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label insulting. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
IMAGINE: Saudi Arabia Blogger Faces 600 Lashes, Jail for Insulting Islam!
Saudi Arabia Blogger Faces 600 Lashes, Jail for Insulting Islam!
“This incredibly harsh sentence for a peaceful blogger makes a mockery of Saudi Arabia’s claims that it supports reform and religious dialogue,” said Nadim Houry, the deputy Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “A man who wanted to discuss religion has already been locked up for a year and now faces 600 lashes and seven years in prison.”
His lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khair, told Human Rights Watch that Judge al-Harbi read the verdict Monday. The court is expected to send him a written notification by August 6. They’ll have 30 days to appeal.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Islamist Detained For Insulting Christianity
An extremist Islamic preacher was on Sunday ordered to be detained by Egypt’s State prosecutor for questioning on suspicion of insulting religion after a complaint from a Christian activist, a judicial source said.
The preacher Ahmad Abdullah, known as Abu Islam, is already on trial for tearing up a bible during a protest outside the American embassy in Cairo in September over a short film made in the United States that insulted Prophet Mohammed.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
“Attack Obasanjo and lose your job” – Jonathan warns aides against insulting ex-president
Following the ongoing war of words between the camp of President Goodluck Jonathan and former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, the president has cautioned his aides against attacking the former head of states through the media. Jonathan warned that anyone found guilty stands the chance of losing his job.
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