GEOPOLITICS & HYPOCRISY
Source: Polemic Paradox
Many of us have had a moment when we've sent
an e-mail, Twitter or a Facebook comment only to think, oops, that was not the
best idea. We grin and bear the ensuing onslaught of trollish comments until the
entire thing passes.
For a young Saudi Arabian,Hamza Kashgari, 23,
it is not that simple. The young man tweeted about the Prophet Mohammed last
week, saying, "I have loved the rebel in you, you’ve always been a source of
inspiration to me," Hamza Kashgari, 23, wrote in a tweet addressed to Mohammed.
But "I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for
you,”
That tweet has set off a sandstorm in the
kingdom. The young man is being hunted by vigilantes, his home address has been
published on Facebook and tens of thousands have responded
to his original tweet.
It is reported that a leading cleric has
called for his head, literally. The cleric wants him tried for apostasy which
is punishable by death. Apparently the king has issued a warrant for the lad's
arrest. ...continued here
Video from: The Daily Beast
A young Saudi blogger whose tweets about the Prophet Muhammad inflamed Islamists—who are calling for his execution—reportedly has been detained in Malaysia. It is not clear if he will be extradited to Saudi Arabia. ...continued here
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