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Saudi court gives man 2,000 lashes and 10 years jail for denying existence of God and ridiculing Qur’an

Feb 27, 2016 2:29 pm By Robert Spencer

Considering the state of the war against the freedom of speech, I can see it coming as early as a Hillary Clinton Administration: Nathan Lean, Secretary of the Department of Islamophobia Eradication, flies to Riyadh for a week of top-level meetings with Saudi officials about how to punish atheists and those who ridicule the Qur’an; returns to Washington with an array of shiny new whips for his personal collection and announces stiff new prison sentences for “Islamophobia.”

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“Saudi court sentences a man to 2,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for denying the existence of God and ridiculing the Qu’ran on Twitter,” by Anthony Joseph, MailOnline, February 27, 2016:

A man has been sentenced to 2,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for expressing his atheist views on Twitter in Saudia Arabia.

Religious police, who monitor social networking sites, found more than 600 tweets from the 28-year-old’s Twitter account which denied the existence of God and ridiculed verses in the Qu’ran.

Some of the messages also accused all prophets of lying and said their teaching fueled hostilities and wars.

The man, who has not been named admitted to being an atheist when he appeared in front of a Saudi Arabian court in Riyadh.

He said the views reflected his own beliefs and he felt he had the right to express them.

As well as 2,000 lashes and 10 years in jail, the court fined him 20,000 riyals (£3,834).

Two years ago, Saudi Arabia introduced new laws which defined atheists as terrorists under the rule of the late King Abdullah.

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  1. Peter Buckley says

    Feb 27, 2016 at 2:43 pm

    More proof that Islam is collapsing in its very heartland:

    http://www.salon.com/2014/06/12/atheism_explodes_in_saudi_arabia_where_just_talking_about_atheism_is_illegal_partner/

    The increased violence is merely an brutal attempt, on the part of pious muslims, to prop up its collapsing walls.

    • Westman says

      Feb 27, 2016 at 3:52 pm

      I would further refine that violence as: the less intellectual muslims breaking mirrors so as not to see the reality of “the best of peoples”. The smart ones leave or else milk the system, as clerics, administrators, etc.

  2. epistemology says

    Feb 27, 2016 at 3:17 pm

    We have to respect all views except Islam of course. I don’t think that this man will survive 2,000 lashes. In a normal society he has the right to express his beliefs

    • Aardvark says

      Feb 28, 2016 at 12:10 pm

      epistemology said “I don’t think that this man will survive 2,000 lashes.”

      He wouldn’t if they were administered all at once, but they space them out, ten or twenty once a week, so the punishment drags on, and on, and on…

      Because Allah is so forgiving.

  3. Angemon says

    Feb 27, 2016 at 3:30 pm

    He said the views reflected his own beliefs and he felt he had the right to express them.

    Not on Saudi Arabia you don’t. But remember: questioning the reason why Europe needs to import millions of people raised in such an intolerant culture is “xenophobia”, “racism”, “bigotry”, etc.

  4. WorkingClassPost says

    Feb 27, 2016 at 4:07 pm

    Looking at that bunch in the photo, it’s hard to believe that even random evolution could be that ugly.

    • bob says

      Feb 27, 2016 at 4:38 pm

      Around 43% of Arabs are inbred according to the World Reproductive Health report in 2013. Mixed with Islam that is a lethal combination. They are not needed in the west. Turkey is at 21.1% and Pakistan is right up there around 80%. These kind of figures must impact on even the most rational of the non inbreds that have to live with them. Why oh why do we import this and why do our elites attempt to give it credibility?

    • Infidel from Down Under says

      Feb 27, 2016 at 7:06 pm

      And it just shows what eating Halal does to your teeth

    • revereridesagain says

      Feb 27, 2016 at 7:39 pm

      They are living proof that either the Missing Link has been found or that Bigfoot exists.

    • Infidel from Down Under says

      Feb 27, 2016 at 7:54 pm

      Frequent marriages between first cousins and too many uncles taking their young nieces as brides eventually catches up

    • Carolyne says

      Feb 28, 2016 at 12:29 pm

      Yes, it merely confirms my belief that those in the Middle East failed to evolve as did the branch which went north to Europe and became human. These are pre-Neanderthal creatures.

  5. marble says

    Feb 27, 2016 at 5:08 pm

    After 2,000 lashes, how many of the sentence of ten years will be served as a corpse?

  6. Infidel from Down Under says

    Feb 27, 2016 at 5:44 pm

    But Saudi Arabia is currently a member of the UN Human Rights Council

    What the hell, this is a disgrace, how can these stone age Saudi barbarians possibly lecture to anyone about Human Rights when they treat someone like this for rejecting the teachings of their beloved Prophet who was nothing but an evil sixth century mass murdering pedophile anyway

    • ekbano says

      Feb 28, 2016 at 12:29 pm

      I think Saudi chairs the Human Rights body this year. Lovely.

  7. G179 says

    Feb 27, 2016 at 5:49 pm

    It’s not a phobia if they really are whipping you.

  8. Gary says

    Feb 27, 2016 at 6:33 pm

    Islam: • Criticizing or denying any part of the Quran is punishable by death.

    • Criticizing or denying Muhammad is a prophet is punishable by death.
    
• Criticizing or denying Allah, the moon god of Islam is punishable by death.

    Christianity: “God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it.” (John 3:17)

    “If you only knew what a wonderful gift God has for you, and who I am, you would ask me for some living water!” (John 4:10)

    “You are good at reading the weather signs of the skies—red sky tonight means fair weather tomorrow; red sky in the morning means foul weather all day—but you can’t read the obvious signs of the times!  This evil, unbelieving nation is asking for some strange sign in the heavens, but no further proof will be given except the miracle that happened to Jonah.” (Matthew 16:4)

  9. mortimer says

    Feb 27, 2016 at 9:18 pm

    Western atheists and agnostics often feel immune from worrying about Islam.

    However: “Two years ago, Saudi Arabia introduced new laws which defined atheists as terrorists”.

    Atheists cannot enter Muslim countries without fear if their atheism is well-known. Any misstep could lead to a lengthy arrest caused by 1) the pretext for arrest 2) the additional charge of being a ‘terrorist-atheist’.

    And you didn’t think that believing in nothing made you dangerous!

    This is where your Islamic theories take you, Muslims…to complete lunacy.

    • Carolyne says

      Feb 28, 2016 at 12:31 pm

      It doesn’t make me dangerous, it makes me endangered.

  10. dlbrand says

    Feb 28, 2016 at 3:38 am

    “Saudi court gives man 2,000 lashes and 10 years jail for denying existence of God and ridiculing Qur’an”

    In other words, as per their “prophet’s” orders, they sentenced the man to death.

  11. Jerry in Minneapolis says

    Feb 28, 2016 at 8:28 am

    So this guy gets brutal torture and the loss of freedom for his tweets about islam’s fake god and the koran. This 14th century inquisitional insanity has no place in the modern world. Anyone who thinks this madness can’t happen here in the west is mistaken. You wait, there will be some new “religious hate” law on the books, wonderfully vague in scope. And this will be the tool they use to shut down all critical debate about islam’s murderous aggression and bigotry. Trump is right, there IS something going on with muslims. Just like we knew what was going on with the Japs after Pearl Harbor we also know what’s going on with muslims after 9/11. The cultural mindset and religious quest of these muslims is one of conquest for allah at the expense of human rights. You don’t have to take my word for it, just consider what their own faith says and what muslims are in turn doing.

    The islamic faith does not deserve respect. It should be feared and dealt with like any life-threatening disease or poison, swiftly and without apology.

  12. duh+swami says

    Feb 28, 2016 at 9:50 am

    All religions are corrupt…There may be an ‘ultimate God somewhere who creates and sustains everything, but as soon as a religion is founded on that, corruption sets in…This is because religions are about God, but they are not God, so they are subject to entropy and decay…Being ‘found out’ spe3eds up the decay…Islam is being ‘found out’, the Resistance to truth is strong…But the liars cannot sustain…While it crumbles, watch out for falling bricks with Allah’s name on them…

  13. j_not_a says

    Feb 28, 2016 at 10:00 am

    Geez, the brutish beast in front with the gaping mouth pointing to the koran looks an awful lot like Islamic Rage Boy only a little older! Wonder what he’s been up to lately, probably just more of the same, lol.

  14. Carolyne says

    Feb 28, 2016 at 12:17 pm

    Hey there, Saudis—-There ain’t no Allah and the Koran is really funny.

  15. Buzz says

    Feb 28, 2016 at 8:29 pm

    Holy Squirrel cage Batman,I’m up to 75,000 lashes and 3,000 years in prison….muhammad is still a Pedophile and allah is a non-existent moon-good…mashallah…..mujahada….shitshalla…..alhamdulilah is code for haidh…..

    .

  16. Mazo says

    Feb 28, 2016 at 10:47 pm

    Most Arab apostates choose atheism over Christianity.

    • Champ says

      Feb 29, 2016 at 12:30 am

      You know this, how? …from “Thin Air” dot com?

      • Jay Boo says

        Feb 29, 2016 at 12:52 am

        Given the Muslim mindset, my hunch is that Mazo may happen to be correct for once.
        Then again,

        Mazo’s opinion might be from a well founded rumor that is based a rock solid foundation of second hand hearsay gossip from someone who said what someone else said.

        • Champ says

          Feb 29, 2016 at 1:42 am

          lol! …good one 🙂

    • Champ says

      Feb 29, 2016 at 3:36 am

      Mazo wrote:

      “Most Arab apostates choose atheism over Christianity.”

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      Well, not this woman …

      https://youtu.be/ky-GUl2N_bs

    • Angemon says

      Feb 29, 2016 at 12:40 pm

      Mazo posted:

      “Most Arab apostates choose atheism over Christianity.”

      Huh, so what? Are you really so insecure and weak-minded that you need to go out of your way to reassure yourself that Christianity isn’t spreading among Arab muslims? That they’re leaving islam but at least they’re not becoming Christians?

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