Raif Badawi
The publicity has been all about the killings in France. But what about Raif Badawi, the blogger in Saudia Arabia who has been sentenced to fifty "very severe" lashes per week for the next twenty weeks, then a prison term of ten more years. Why, because he started a blog
to reject any repression in the name of religion… a goal that we will reach in a peaceful, law-abiding way.”Read more here.
He is alleged to have criticized the Wahhabi clergy who run his country hand in hand with the royal family. Muslims seem not to be able to handle questions, reasoned criticism or satire. …
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