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Saudi women’s rights activist arrested for “insulting Islam”

Nov 1, 2014 1:06 pm By Robert Spencer

Saudiwomen“Shamari is ‘now in Jeddah prison, for insulting Islam,’ Badawi’s wife Ensaf Haidar said on Twitter on Friday. ‘This is the accusation they make against anybody defending human rights,’ said one of the activists.” That’s interesting. In the U.S., anybody defending human rights against Sharia oppression is charged not with “insulting Islam,” but with “racism,” “bigotry,” and “Islamophobia.” However, in both Saudi Arabia and the U.S., the motive and goal of the charge is the same: to silence all criticism of jihad terror, Islamic supremacism, and Sharia’s systematic denial of rights to women and non-Muslims.

“Saudi women’s rights activist arrested for ‘insulting Islam,'” Agence France Presse, November 1, 2014:

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has arrested a prominent campaigner for women’s rights for insulting Islam, activists said on Saturday, accusing authorities of trying to crush all dissent.

Suad al-Shamari, a co-founder of a liberal human rights group, is being held in prison, according to two activists who did not want to be named.

Shamari recently posted pictures on Twitter of a man kissing the hand of a long-bearded Islamic cleric.

She commented on his beard and said: “Notice the vanity and pride on his face when he finds a slave to kiss his hand.”

In another tweet last month, she said she had been called “immoral and an infidel because I criticized their sheiks,” referring to religious or tribal leaders.

She recently appealed to King Abdullah and the interior minister over the case of two women who, she alleged, were arrested by religious police for taking a taxi driven by a man.

Ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia strictly segregates the sexes and women are not allowed to drive, although many do use taxis with male drivers, without incident.

In September a Saudi court upheld a sentence of 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for Raef Badawi — who co-founded the Saudi Liberal Network with Shamari — for insulting Islam.

Before Badawi’s arrest in 2012, the network had announced a “day of liberalism” and called for an end to the influence of religion on public life in Saudi Arabia.

Shamari is “now in Jeddah prison, for insulting Islam,” Badawi’s wife Ensaf Haidar said on Twitter on Friday.

“This is the accusation they make against anybody defending human rights,” said one of the activists….

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  1. R Cole says

    Nov 1, 2014 at 2:11 pm

    The Saudis can take comfort – that soon they might be charged anywhere with ‘insulting Islam’.

    ::

    And over here defending Muslim human rights / the right of women not to wear claustrophobic black clothes and the freedom to leave one’s religion – is said to be an ‘insult to Islam’.

    We can see which track we are on – the Saudi Train!!

    Interesting the slave comment seen as offensive to Islam!!

    • Huck Folder says

      Nov 1, 2014 at 6:49 pm

      How does a woman know she is insluting islam?

      When her lips are moving.

      • Rebecca says

        Nov 2, 2014 at 9:27 am

        There is a HYSTERICAL clip recently posted on MEMRI of a debate in saudi arabia if women shud drive or not.

        you gotta see it

        • Rebecca says

          Nov 2, 2014 at 9:30 am

          http://www.memri.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/4576.htm

    • forthfaran says

      Nov 2, 2014 at 7:03 pm

      It never ceases to amaze me the mental contortions the “liberals” indulge in to justify Islamic oppression. It seems that Islam trumps womens’ rights. What a strange creature the lefty liberal is ;has there ever been their like in the whole of history?

  2. Jay Boo says

    Nov 1, 2014 at 3:07 pm

    Saudis — Walking out on the wild side
    The one on the right is such a tease showing off her naked hands.
    No wonder Muslim men have no self control like Muhammad.

    Come to think of it ‘she’ has rather large hands for a lady.

  3. Jay Boo says

    Nov 1, 2014 at 3:34 pm

    Women dressed in this manner have about the same status as (two dogs on their leash)

  4. mortimer says

    Nov 1, 2014 at 5:22 pm

    Where is Ben Affleck to explain that they are creating a ‘stereotype’ of ‘ALL MUSLIMS’ ?

    Hey, Ben, tell the Saudis you understand Islam better than they do.

  5. gerard says

    Nov 1, 2014 at 5:25 pm

    Islam is eevil
    Work of the deevil

  6. Me online says

    Nov 1, 2014 at 5:44 pm

    It is heartwarming to see that the Muslim State of Saudi Arabia take such a pride in protecting the muslim women from the muslim men! They must consider every muslim man a potential rapist! Such a selfinsight! Maybe the Western World should learn from Saudi Arabia and make it illegal for any woman to take any taxi with a male muslim taxidriver?

  7. Jaladhi says

    Nov 1, 2014 at 9:45 pm

    Isn’t it interesting that even quoting exact suras of Quran that order atrocious behavior from Muslims to kill infidels, enslave women, etc are regarded as insulting to Islam.

  8. Salah says

    Nov 2, 2014 at 1:10 am

    ‘Saudi women’s rights activist arrested for “insulting Islam”’

    Today, thanks to the internet, those who know and tell the truth about Islam are everywhere, and their number is growing by the day. Some will probably pay a heavy price. But they can’t silence ALL of us.
    The genie is out of the bottle, the truth about Muhammad is all over the net.
    Islam will NEVER recover from this ultimate humiliation. Remember, humiliation is what a supremacist fears more.

    Dear Muslims, please allow me to humiliate Muhammad one more time…from your own “holy” books. Thank you.

    http://crossmuslims.blogspot.com/2010/05/drawing-muhammad-dessiner-mahomet.html

  9. Hokken says

    Nov 2, 2014 at 6:28 am

    This obsession in the Muslim world to defend their honor, the honor of their family, the honor of their god, the honor of their family by the use of violence seems to me like the manifestation of a strong complex of inferiority. Real wisdom cannot be offended because it does not need to prove anything, violence is an inferior manifestation of a lack of consciousness and clarity of mind.

  10. Elisheva14 says

    Nov 2, 2014 at 7:47 am

    The US Administration and UN targets only Israel for condemnation and is too much of a coward to bring up human rights issues with the Saudis. Why don’t they use their negative terms and pressure the Saudis to treat women as human beings? We need to change our oil policies and stop providing them with Petro-dollars. The Saudis are in our school system: brainwashing our youth.

  11. Champ says

    Nov 2, 2014 at 5:51 pm

    Hey if you see a muslima walking down the street wearing a burqa and you shout “trick ‘r treat!” is that an insult? Probably …gosh there’s no fun in islam 🙁

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