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Atheist gets 2000 lashes, 10 yrs in prison


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2016 Sep 21, 10:02am   2,374 views  6 comments

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A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing his atheism in hundreds of social media posts.

The report carried in Al-Watan says the 28-year-old man admitted to being an atheist and refused to repent, saying that what he wrote reflected his own beliefs and that he had the right to express them. The report did not name the man.

It added that ‘religious police’ in charge of monitoring social networks found more than 600 tweets denying the existence of God, ridiculing the Quranic verses, accusing all prophets of lies and saying their teaching fuelled hostilities. The court also fined him 20,000 riyals – or, just short of £4,000.

In 2014 the oil-rich kingdom, under the late Saudi King Abdullah, introduced a series of new laws which defined atheists as terrorists, according to a report released from Human Rights Watch.

Did that law pass their parliament? Oh wait, Saudi Arabia doesn't have a parliament, it's an absolute Monarchy and a top Hillary Donor.

#SaudiArabia #ImBribingHer

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-sentence-man-to-10-years-in-prison-and-2000-lashes-for-expressing-his-atheism-on-a6900056.html

Free Raif Badawi, a lawyer convicted of spreading "Dangerous" - ie Democratic Elections - ideas by the Kingdom.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/world/middleeast/raif-badawi-wife-saudi-arabia.html

Another Saudi Atheist:

www.youtube.com/embed/OEB6RwgUwvA

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1   Dan8267   2016 Sep 21, 10:34am  

Send in the drones to kill the Saudi terrorists who did this. Oh wait, they are members of the government and government officials by definition cannot be terrorists even if they do the exact same things that terrorists do for the exact same reasons and deliberately inflict terror on people? And they are our allies? What the fuck?

2   Dan8267   2016 Sep 21, 10:37am  

thunderlips11 is deplorable says

In 2014 the oil-rich kingdom, under the late Saudi King Abdullah, introduced a series of new laws which defined atheists as terrorists, according to a report released from Human Rights Watch.

This is why religion should be outlawed. It is incompatible with peace, liberty, and justice. All religions, no matter how minor, contribute to the vileness of Islam by providing a gradient of irrationality and hypocrisy that enables the more extreme religions. It's time to apply the Broken Window Theory to religion.

3   Heraclitusstudent   2016 Sep 21, 10:56am  

The moderate asking for respect for their beliefs and texts are implicitly defending this.

4   deepcgi   2016 Sep 22, 9:30am  

Not to worry. I'm sure Steven Colbert or the Saturday Night Live crew are busy working on some biting satire that will sting the Saudi royals like the lash.

5   MisdemeanorRebel   2016 Sep 22, 9:33am  

I note that the Team Democrat Players are nowhere to be seen in this thread.

6   Strategist   2016 Sep 22, 9:38am  

thunderlips11 is deplorable says

It added that ‘religious police’ in charge of monitoring social networks found more than 600 tweets denying the existence of God, ridiculing the Quranic verses, accusing all prophets of lies and saying their teaching fuelled hostilities.

Hey, that could be me.

thunderlips11 is deplorable says

Saudi King Abdullah, introduced a series of new laws which defined atheists as terrorists

Oh shit!

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