We are so much enlightened in the free world. In the free West, no one gets jailed for insulting Islam. Instead, you just get forcibly silenced with vandalism, while the intelligentsia cheers on the vandals. We are so very much more enlightened here than they are in Saudi Arabia.
Meanwhile, Raif Badawi remains in prison, but international pressure could still work. It has before.
“Jailed woman who set up blog with activist sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam is freed from prison in Saudi Arabia,” MailOnline, February 1, 2015:
A Saudi woman who worked on a liberal blog with jailed activist Raif Badawi has been freed after almost three months in prison, her daughter has said.
Suad al-Shammari was jailed for insulting Islam after co-founding online discussion group the Saudi Liberal Network with Badawi, who was sentenced to ten years jail and 1,000 lashes for his blogging.
As outrage mounts on the kingdom over Badawi’s sentence, al-Shammari has been released after 90 days at a women’s prison in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, her daughter Sarah al-Rimaly said.
‘She’s released now, thanks be to God,’ Ms Rimaly told AFP, adding that her mother left jail three days ago after signing a pledge ‘to reduce her activities’.
Saudi Arabia’s new King Salman late on Thursday issued an amnesty for some prisoners, but Miss Rimaly said her mother’s release was unconnected to this.
She added that she does not think the amnesty will cover Badawi, whose flogging was on Friday postponed for the third week in a row.
Badawi’s corporal punishment had been set to be dealt out piecemeal each Friday but he has so far endured only one set of 50 lashes….
No Fear says
Should put signs on the buses saying “Islam is against free speech” and see what happens to the signs.
Hindu4FreeSpeech says
A better idea might be to carry a message informing the Islamic community that us kaffirs too like to keep our heads attached to our bodies.
Angemon says
Georg says
No, let’s hear him explain that Saudi Arabia has nothing to do with Islam.
TheBuffster says
Heck, given the murderous mischief that Mohammad got up to, I guess he had nothing to do with Islam, either.
Ann Inquirer says
ONLY 50 lashes? That is outrageous. How can a body take 50 lashes a week? That is not enough time to heal from the first set.
Greyhound Fancier says
Bet that’s how it’s supposed to work.
Myxlplik says
The other side of the coin, she was under protective custody from Islam’s assassins, the pious Muslims.
GKP says
Islam is against free speech and Shari’a law is for defending the evil of Islam . Though the Saudi government had released her but there are uncountable numbers of activity which is against the human rights committed every day in Islamic country. The true human whatever in religion should tear Qur’an and make joke on its contents. Civilization will end if Islam wins
shabeer_hassan says
I THINK SHE LIVED INSIDE THE ISLAMIC COUNTRIES,INSULTING RELIGION(NOT ONLY MUSLIM,BUT ALL RELIGION) IS PUNISHABLE OFFENSE INSIDE THE STATE.SHE HAS RIGHT TO CRITICIZE ANY RELIGION(ISLAM &OTHER ) NOT PROBLEM WITH IT,ISLAMIC SCHOLAR RESPONSIBLE TO ANSWER HER CLAIM,OR SHE WANT TO INSULT RELIGION,OR EXPRESS HER HATE,SHE HAS TO CHANCE TO LEAVE THE STATE,BUT SHE PUBLIC ALLY BROKEN THE LAW/ORDER …SO IT IS PUNISHABLE OFFENSE…..SAUDI NOT ZOMBILAND TO BURN RELIGIOUS SCRIPTURE PUBLIC ALLY,MAKING CARTOON& FILIM FOR RELIGIOUS RESPECTED PERSON(NOT ONLY MUSLIM,BUT ALL RELIGION) ,OTHER VULGARITY,I THINK THAT IS THE NERVOUS/PHYSIC DECEASE FROM A UTTERLY FAILED COWARDS,NOTHING DO AGAINST THE TRUTH & JUSTICE ,I THINK BETTER TO BRING THEM TO MENTAL HOSPITAL FOR SHOCK TREATMENT….
6: 108. And insult not those whom they (disbelievers) worship besides Allâh, lest they insult Allâh wrongfully without knowledge. Thus We have made fair¬seeming to each people its own doings; then to their Lord is their return and He shall then inform them of all that they used to do.
49: 11. O you who believe! Let not a group scoff at another group, it may be that the latter are better than the former; nor let (some) women scoff at other women, it may be that the latter are better than the former, nor defame one another, nor insult one another by nicknames. How bad is it, to insult one’s brother after having Faith [i.e. to call your Muslim brother (a faithful believer) as: “O sinner”, or “O wicked”, etc.]. And whosoever does not repent, then such are indeed Zâlimûn (wrong-doers, etc.).
Dawud :: Book 41 : Hadith 4944
Narrated AbuJubayrah ibn ad-Dahhak:
This verse was revealed about us, the Banu Salimah: “Nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness (to be used of one) after he has believed.” He said: When the apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) came to us, every one of us had two or three names. The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) began to say: O so and so! But they would say: Keep silence, Apostle of Allah! He becomes angry by this name. So this verse was revealed: “Nor call each other by (offensive nicknames.”
Bukhari :: Book 5 :: Volume 57 :: Hadith 104
Bukhari :: Book 4 :: Volume 53 :: Hadith 403
Bukhari :: Book 3 :: Volume 43 :: Hadith 639
Bukhari :: Book 8 :: Volume 76 :: Hadith 482
Insult non Muslim god/symbols prohibited:
6: 108. And insult not those whom they (disbelievers) worship besides Allah, lest they insult Allah wrongfully without knowledge. Thus We have made farseeing to each people its own doings; then to their Lord is their return and He shall then inform them of all that they used to do.
Angemon says
The copy/paste artist posted:
“I THINK SHE LIVED INSIDE THE ISLAMIC COUNTRIES,INSULTING RELIGION(NOT ONLY MUSLIM,BUT ALL RELIGION) IS PUNISHABLE OFFENSE”
So why aren’t ALL muslims on trial for the stuff they say about Christianity and Judaism? The quran says that Christians consider Mary as part of the Trinity and that Jews consider Ezra to be the son of God. The quran is recited during islamic prayers, so sooner or later they’ll recite that.
“SHE HAS RIGHT TO CRITICIZE ANY RELIGION(ISLAM &OTHER ) NOT PROBLEM WITH IT”
That’s how things are in the West, not i muslim-majority countries.
“HE WANT TO INSULT RELIGION,OR EXPRESS HER HATE,SHE HAS TO CHANCE TO LEAVE THE STATE”
Didn’t you just told us that she has the right to criticize any religion?
“I THINK THAT IS THE NERVOUS/PHYSIC DECEASE FROM A UTTERLY FAILED COWARDS,NOTHING DO AGAINST THE TRUTH & JUSTICE ,I THINK BETTER TO BRING THEM TO MENTAL HOSPITAL FOR SHOCK TREATMENT….”
Yes, shock treatment might set muslims on the right path.
“6: 108. And insult not those whom they (disbelievers) worship besides Allâh, lest they insult Allâh”
The context for this verse is this: muhammad started preaching islam. No one cared. Muhammad and the few mohammedans he had in mecca started insulting the gods of the meccans. The meccans cared about that, didn’t like it, and asked them to stop. They didn’t, so the meccans eventually grew tired of it, fired back and started insulting allah. When the meccans started insulting allah, muhammad had a “revelation” telling the mohammedans not to insult the gods of the meccans, not because it was rude of them and that civilized people respect each other’s religious beliefs, but because the meccans would in return insult allah. And the meccans outnumbered the miohammedans, so there would be more people insulting allah than mohammedans insulting the gods of the meccans.
Rossbro says
Things like this are what is wrong with allowing Religion into Government.