Saudi's starts flogging man 1,000 times for insulting Islam on Facebook
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An Islamic court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to death for renouncing his Muslim faith, local media reported on Tuesday.
The man, in his 20s, posted an online video ripping up a copy of the Quran and hitting it with a shoe, the media reported.
Saudi Arabia follows the strict school of Islam and gives the clergy control over its justice system.
Under its interpretation of Sharia, apostasy demands the death penalty, as do some other religious offences like sorcery, while blasphemy and criticism of senior Muslim clerics have incurred jail terms and corporal punishment.
Executions in Saudi Arabia are usually carried out by public beheading.
International rights groups say the Saudi justice system suffers from a lack of transparency and due process, that defendants are often denied basic rights such as legal representation and that sentencing can be arbitrary.
The Saudi government has taken some steps to reform its judicial system but has also defended it as fair.
Last year a court in Jeddah sentenced Saudi liberal Raif Badawi to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for publishing criticism of the kingdom’s ruling religious and political elite and calling for reforms in Islam.
The first of 50 of those lashes were carried out in January, but subsequent rounds of flogging have not occurred. Officials have not publicly commented on the case, but insiders say the lashing appears to have been quietly dropped.
Saudi court gives death penalty to man who renounced his Muslim faith | GulfNews.com
The man, in his 20s, posted an online video ripping up a copy of the Quran and hitting it with a shoe, the media reported.
Saudi Arabia follows the strict school of Islam and gives the clergy control over its justice system.
Under its interpretation of Sharia, apostasy demands the death penalty, as do some other religious offences like sorcery, while blasphemy and criticism of senior Muslim clerics have incurred jail terms and corporal punishment.
Executions in Saudi Arabia are usually carried out by public beheading.
International rights groups say the Saudi justice system suffers from a lack of transparency and due process, that defendants are often denied basic rights such as legal representation and that sentencing can be arbitrary.
The Saudi government has taken some steps to reform its judicial system but has also defended it as fair.
Last year a court in Jeddah sentenced Saudi liberal Raif Badawi to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for publishing criticism of the kingdom’s ruling religious and political elite and calling for reforms in Islam.
The first of 50 of those lashes were carried out in January, but subsequent rounds of flogging have not occurred. Officials have not publicly commented on the case, but insiders say the lashing appears to have been quietly dropped.
Saudi court gives death penalty to man who renounced his Muslim faith | GulfNews.com
Saudi Arabia rejects rights criticism after flogging of blogger
Saudi Arabia defended its human rights record on Saturday in its first public reaction to international criticism over last year's sentencing of liberal Saudi blogger Raif Badawi to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for "insulting Islam".
The first 50 of Badawi's lashes were carried out in January, prompting strong criticism of the kingdom's rights record in Western countries, including its laws on political and religious expression and the status of Saudi women.
"Saudi Arabia expresses its intense surprise and dismay at what is being reported by some media about the case of citizen Raif Badawi and his sentence," said a statement carried on state media and attributed to an unnamed "foreign ministry official".
The statement said Saudi courts were independent and that the kingdom's constitution ensured the protection of human rights because it was based on Islamic Sharia law.
"Saudi Arabia at the same time emphasizes that it does not accept interference in any form in its internal affairs," the statement added.
A Jeddah court handed Badawi his sentence after he criticized the Saudi clergy in a blog and called for changes in the way religion is practiced in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia, the United States' top Arab ally and birthplace of Islam, follows the strict Wahhabi Sunni Muslim school and gives the clergy control over its justice system.
It does not permit the public worship of other faiths or allow them to maintain places of worship inside the country. In a new law last year it included atheism as a terrorist offence.
It uses the death penalty for offences including blasphemy, apostasy and witchcraft. The kingdom has beheaded 40 people so far in 2015, rights watchdog Amnesty International said this week, based on local media reports.
Political dissidents have been given long jail terms in the past year after repeatedly raising human rights issues in international media and urging the absolute monarchy to introduce elections.
The kingdom is the only country in which women are forbidden to drive. Saudi women also need the permission of a male guardian, usually a close family member, to conduct many aspects of official business, including travel overseas.
Saudi Arabia rejects rights criticism after flogging of blogger | Reuters
The following translation is bad (German to English)
German Economics Minister Sigmar Gabriel travels this Saturday to Saudi Arabia. Shortly before his departure he has symbolically received 1.1 million signatures calling for the release of blogger Raif Badawi.
The protesters also presented the Vice Chancellor a letter of Badawi’s wife. In the letter, she asks him to stand up for her husband.
The blogger was sentenced to one thousand lashes and to ten years in prison for insulting Islam.
Gabriel is with a business delegation headed to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates ( UAE) and Qatar. Also Greens and the Left called Gabriel in advance of travel to Saudi Arabia to work with the UK for the release Badawi
Blogger Badawi: Gabriel wants to work for release - PANTERES - News
Saudi Arabia defended its human rights record on Saturday in its first public reaction to international criticism over last year's sentencing of liberal Saudi blogger Raif Badawi to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for "insulting Islam".
The first 50 of Badawi's lashes were carried out in January, prompting strong criticism of the kingdom's rights record in Western countries, including its laws on political and religious expression and the status of Saudi women.
"Saudi Arabia expresses its intense surprise and dismay at what is being reported by some media about the case of citizen Raif Badawi and his sentence," said a statement carried on state media and attributed to an unnamed "foreign ministry official".
The statement said Saudi courts were independent and that the kingdom's constitution ensured the protection of human rights because it was based on Islamic Sharia law.
"Saudi Arabia at the same time emphasizes that it does not accept interference in any form in its internal affairs," the statement added.
A Jeddah court handed Badawi his sentence after he criticized the Saudi clergy in a blog and called for changes in the way religion is practiced in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia, the United States' top Arab ally and birthplace of Islam, follows the strict Wahhabi Sunni Muslim school and gives the clergy control over its justice system.
It does not permit the public worship of other faiths or allow them to maintain places of worship inside the country. In a new law last year it included atheism as a terrorist offence.
It uses the death penalty for offences including blasphemy, apostasy and witchcraft. The kingdom has beheaded 40 people so far in 2015, rights watchdog Amnesty International said this week, based on local media reports.
Political dissidents have been given long jail terms in the past year after repeatedly raising human rights issues in international media and urging the absolute monarchy to introduce elections.
The kingdom is the only country in which women are forbidden to drive. Saudi women also need the permission of a male guardian, usually a close family member, to conduct many aspects of official business, including travel overseas.
Saudi Arabia rejects rights criticism after flogging of blogger | Reuters
The following translation is bad (German to English)
German Economics Minister Sigmar Gabriel travels this Saturday to Saudi Arabia. Shortly before his departure he has symbolically received 1.1 million signatures calling for the release of blogger Raif Badawi.
The protesters also presented the Vice Chancellor a letter of Badawi’s wife. In the letter, she asks him to stand up for her husband.
The blogger was sentenced to one thousand lashes and to ten years in prison for insulting Islam.
Gabriel is with a business delegation headed to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates ( UAE) and Qatar. Also Greens and the Left called Gabriel in advance of travel to Saudi Arabia to work with the UK for the release Badawi
Blogger Badawi: Gabriel wants to work for release - PANTERES - News
Saudi court upholds blogger's 10 years and 1,000 lashes
Speaking from Canada, his wife Ensaf Haidar told news agency AFP, "this is a final decision that is irrevocable."
In March, the kingdom expressed "surprise and dismay" at international criticism over the punishment.
At the time, the foreign ministry issued a statement saying it rejected interference in its internal affairs.
In 2012, Badawi was arrested and charged with "insulting Islam through electronic channels".
For four years he had been running the Liberal Saudi Network, which encouraged online debate on religious and political issues.
Saudi authorities sent his case for review as global pressure to free Badawi mounted.
Badawi received his first 50 lashes in January, but subsequent floggings have been postponed.
A shaky video taken on a mobile phone showed Badawi being lashed by a member of the security forces.
The footage prompted international protests which were repeated every Friday, the scheduled day for the beatings.
It is not clear why Badawi has not yet endured a second round though a medical report found he was not fit for the punishment.
Saudi Arabia enforces a strict version of Islamic law and does not tolerate political dissent. It has some of the highest social media usage rates in the region, and has cracked down on domestic online criticism.
Saudi court upholds blogger's 10 years and 1,000 lashes - BBC News
Speaking from Canada, his wife Ensaf Haidar told news agency AFP, "this is a final decision that is irrevocable."
In March, the kingdom expressed "surprise and dismay" at international criticism over the punishment.
At the time, the foreign ministry issued a statement saying it rejected interference in its internal affairs.
In 2012, Badawi was arrested and charged with "insulting Islam through electronic channels".
For four years he had been running the Liberal Saudi Network, which encouraged online debate on religious and political issues.
Saudi authorities sent his case for review as global pressure to free Badawi mounted.
Badawi received his first 50 lashes in January, but subsequent floggings have been postponed.
A shaky video taken on a mobile phone showed Badawi being lashed by a member of the security forces.
The footage prompted international protests which were repeated every Friday, the scheduled day for the beatings.
It is not clear why Badawi has not yet endured a second round though a medical report found he was not fit for the punishment.
Saudi Arabia enforces a strict version of Islamic law and does not tolerate political dissent. It has some of the highest social media usage rates in the region, and has cracked down on domestic online criticism.
Saudi court upholds blogger's 10 years and 1,000 lashes - BBC News
You might as well get a stamp for that post as you will be needing it a lot, a whole lot.
Let me guess, along with the many beheadings this year, their punishment is to get more free bombs from the US. If they are having to put out ads for executioners perhaps ISIS can help with that when they are having a slow day. Same masters so they might even not charge extra.
I see trees of green, red rose too,,,dum dedede dum de dum, for me and you, and I say to meself, what a wunerful werld.
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Happy to be livin in Canada.
The Saudis wait till the wounds heal, then flog the poor shyte again. He's got a ten year sentence so I suppose there's time for the flogging. I'd be requesting a cement block be dropped on my head, or something.
The Saudis wait till the wounds heal, then flog the poor shyte again. He's got a ten year sentence so I suppose there's time for the flogging. I'd be requesting a cement block be dropped on my head, or something.
I'm pretty sure a stamp of approval comes after the fact rather than your stamp being the forge that determines foreign policy. Sorry if I was giving you 'delusions of grandeur' .
Probably been flogging him for a long time already and now the sentence will explain the scars he will wear.