Re: Muslim free speech
- From: "kuff (Isaac Adams)" <kuff00@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 18 Nov 2005 13:19:33 -0800
Bob Cooper wrote:
> http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Saudi_Teacher_Jailed.html
>
> Saudi teacher sentenced to 750 lashes
> By TAREK AL-ISSAWI
> ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
>
> DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- A Saudi high-school chemistry teacher
> accused of discussing religion with his students has been sentenced to
> 750 lashes and 40 months in prison for blasphemy, officials said
> Thursday.
>
> The court ruling was condemned by human rights activists, who said
> Mohammed Salamah al-Harbi was being imprisoned for having an
> "open discussion" with students.
> ...
Except for the lashes, it's the same sort of sentence he would get in
many European countries for the blasphemy of questioning the Holocaust.
And if he was doing it to students the sentence would be even
longer. :-)
.
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