Re: Muslim free speech


"kuff (Isaac Adams)" <kuff00@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> 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,

I would call that a very *big* exception, wouldn't you?

> it's the same sort of sentence he would get in
> many European countries for the blasphemy of questioning the Holocaust.

I knew you were going to bring that up :>). And, as I've said, I agree
with you. Shame on both of them.

> And if he was doing it to students the sentence would be even
> longer. :-)

?? Afraid I don't follow you.


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