"Saudi Arabia sentences man to 10 years in jail and
2,000 lashes for tweeting he was atheist"
"The 28-year-old reportedly refused to repent, insisting what he wrote reflected his beliefs and that he had the right to express them.
The hardline Islamic state’s religious police in charge of monitoring social networks found more than 600 tweets denying the existence of God, ridiculing Koranic verses, accusing all prophets of lies and saying their teaching fuelled hostilities.
He was sentenced under a controversial law that defines atheism as “terrorism”.
In 2014 the late King Abdullah issued a string of royal decrees aimed at clamping down on all forms of political dissent and protests that could “harm public order”.
Article One of the new provisions defined terrorism as “calling for atheist thought in any form, or calling into question the fundamentals of the Islamic religion on which this country is based”.
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My Thoughts: We hear everyday about Islamophobia in America and about how Muslims are persecuted here. But do you know non-Muslims who live in Muslim countries are NOT equal to Muslims? That if you are a non-Muslim (Infidel) and live in a Muslim country, you pay a tax to the Muslims, for not converting to Islam, called jizya? The laws for non-Muslims (the Infidel) are different, then for the Muslim in their countries!
There are NO churches in Saudi Arabia, NONE! It is forbidden to worship any other religion or god in Saudi Arabia. If I went to Saudi Arabia as an American woman I could not demand to wear a mini skirt or dress. I would be imprisoned or stoned to death immediately without question or trial. But Muslims can come to America and wear what ever they want, terrorize businesses, laws, cities, states, college campuses and if we attack them, we are Islamophobic. Something is gravely wrong!
Why the double standards? Why do free countries and free citizens tolerate and allow this? Because it is very obvious, Muslim countries do not tolerate American values, clothing, or free speech......... As a matter of fact, most Muslim countries have billboards with propaganda about the evil west. Can you imagine if America put up billboards about the evil Muslim countries. Some Islamic organization would immediately process a lawsuit.
If we want to live in a free country, it is a duty to protect it's freedom and individual rights. Otherwise sooner or later we will become another Saudi Arabia, with women wearing burqas, not being able to drive, or leaving the house without a male companion. We would have the virtue and morality police stalking us, making sure we are good obedient girls and women obeying the man made laws of Islam.
If you can define Atheism as terrorism in a Muslim country, can't you define Islam as terrorism in Free Countries?
