Saudi Arabia sentences a man to 10 years in jail and 2,000 lashes for being an atheist

[Will Wiley]

Saudi Arabia sentences a man to 10 years in jail and 2,000 lashes for being an atheist

America’s biggest Islamic ally in the middle east – Saudi Arabia -has sentenced a man to ten years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing his atheism on Twitter.

 

[SLD]

He's lucky to be alive. If I were an atheist in Saudi Arabia I'd get the hell out before renouncing Islam.

SLD

 

[Tom Sawyer]

That's not so bad. After the first 800 lashes, you barely notice the next 1200. It's a bit of a doddle, really. The guy's actually kind of lucky because he could have been stabbed instead.

 

[dismal]

Plus let's not forget Christian countries do this too.

Not sure how the first two posters missed this point.

 

[DrZoidberg]

He's lucky to be alive. If I were an atheist in Saudi Arabia I'd get the hell out before renouncing Islam.

SLD

In Saudi Arabia they equate expressing one's atheism with terrorism. Bizarre.

 

[Juma]

He's lucky to be alive. If I were an atheist in Saudi Arabia I'd get the hell out before renouncing Islam.

SLD

In Saudi Arabia they equate expressing one's atheism with terrorism. Bizarre.

Yeah. Who would think of equating a religious stance with terrorism....

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Plus let's not forget Christian countries do this too.

Not sure how the first two posters missed this point.

#NotAllChristians

 

[whichphilosophy]

Saudi Arabia sentences a man to 10 years in jail and 2,000 lashes for being an atheist

America’s biggest Islamic ally in the middle east – Saudi Arabia -has sentenced a man to ten years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing his atheism on Twitter.

This is proof that Saudi Arabia has made great advances in its human rights
After all a few years ago this was a death penalty.
Now its a mere 10 years jail and a couple of thousand lashes

 

[barbos]

Does anybody plan to ask Obama about this?
Islamophobia my ass

 

[TSwizzle]

The court also fined him around £4,000.

This is an outrage !!

 

[whichphilosophy]

Does anybody plan to ask Obama about this?
Islamophobia my ass

Obama doesn't ask about it. The reason for his silence begins with O and ends with L.

 

[Eldarion Lathria]

Don't forget to blame the Crusades and the Sykes Picot Agreement. And remember criticizing Saudi Arabia is RACIST! RACIST! RACIST!

Eldarion Lathria

 

[Elixir]

Don't forget to blame the Crusades and the Sykes Picot Agreement. And remember criticizing Saudi Arabia is RACIST! RACIST! RACIST!

Eldarion Lathria

Criticizing barbaric political practices masquerading as religious practices, is not racist.

 

[barbos]

Does anybody plan to ask Obama about this?
Islamophobia my ass

Obama doesn't ask about it. The reason for his silence begins with O and ends with L.

I know, but this is not about Obama asking the King of SA, it's about Asking Obama.

 

[James Brown]

Plus let's not forget Christian countries do this too.

Not sure how the first two posters missed this point.

Nobody can mention a single human-rights violation without also mentioning all other human-rights violations in the same breath?

Sheesh, all these rules.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Plus let's not forget Christian countries do this too.

Not sure how the first two posters missed this point.

Nobody can mention a single human-rights violation without also mentioning all other human-rights violations in the same breath?

Sheesh, all these rules.

You forgot to mention the rule that it's illegal in Atlanta to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole. If you're going to complain about silly rules, don't just cherry pick the ones you don't like and ignore all the rest.

 

[dismal]

Plus let's not forget Christian countries do this too.

Not sure how the first two posters missed this point.

Nobody can mention a single human-rights violation without also mentioning all other human-rights violations in the same breath?

Sheesh, all these rules.

I don't make the rules.

I just showed up in this thread to point this out when the usual people who point these things out failed to do their self-appointed jobs of reminding us Christians do/did it too.

 

[James Brown]

Nobody can mention a single human-rights violation without also mentioning all other human-rights violations in the same breath?

Sheesh, all these rules.

I don't make the rules.

I just showed up in this thread to point this out when the usual people who point these things out failed to do their self-appointed jobs of reminding us Christians do/did it too.

So someone that you don't like because he does something you don't like failed to do the thing you don't like.

And that bothers you?

 

[dismal]

I don't make the rules.

I just showed up in this thread to point this out when the usual people who point these things out failed to do their self-appointed jobs of reminding us Christians do/did it too.

So someone that you don't like because he does something you don't like failed to do the thing you don't like.

And that bothers you?

I never said I don't like someone.

 

[James Brown]

So someone that you don't like because he does something you don't like failed to do the thing you don't like.

And that bothers you?

I never said I don't like someone.

Then I'm afraid your wry back-handed descriptions ("the usual people", "their self-appointed jobs") are too subtle for me.

I'm just a simple country boy, and have no interest in anyone being punished for expressing their religious views.