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2005-11-14 Arabia

Teacher Charged With Mocking Religion Sentenced to Jail

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Posted by Fred 2005-11-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 This is dreadful. One man in all of Soddiland took a stand for decency and tried to teach the yoots to steer away from the rocky shoals of extremism.

His reward is to have his skin flayed from his body in super slo-mo. I imagine they'll find a way to keep him alive for all fifteen of those agonizing weeks, then arrange for some "accident" in the prison so they won't have the opportunity to pardon him in time for the next Ramadan.

A sad salute to you, Mr. al-Harbi. I'd like to nominate you for the Rantburg Profiles in Courage. The entire world should be told what price one man is paying because he challenged the Wahhabs.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-11-14 00:57|| 2005-11-14 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 Just like in Pakland, charges of blasphemy and apostasy are thin pretexts used to settle petty feuds, personal disputes, and enforce general orthodoxy. This is totalitarianism pure and simple. A teacher denounced by his students, encouraged by the local commisars and arrested by the state.

Why is it so hard in these cultures to stand up to the mullah mafiosos? The ones who wave the Koran and shout the loudest get their way without fail.

If the State Dept. and Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are not all campaigning for Al-Harbi within the next week, then they deserve to be disbanded. If Bush doesn't say anything, then he is lilly-livered and no better than Kerry.

Posted by Monsieur Moonbat 2005-11-14 02:34|| 2005-11-14 02:34|| Front Page Top

#3 He was also charged with studying witchcraft.

How many countries still have laws against "witchcraft" on their books?

In how many countries are such accusations taken seriously?

How many of those countries are Muslim?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-11-14 07:53|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-11-14 07:53|| Front Page Top

#4 #3 He was also charged with studying witchcraft.

How many countries still have laws against "witchcraft" on their books?

In how many countries are such accusations taken seriously?

How many of those countries are Muslim?

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The question we conservative should be asking is when, ole lord, when are we going to have a real Reagan-like conservative in the White House who has the stones to call out Saudi Arabia (and Pakland for good measure) as the source of evil in the world today? Soodie should have been reduced to rubble yesterday; well, save of Mecca and Medina, but as for the rest of the country, it should resemble Carthage after the Third Punic War.

Posted by The Happy Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-11-14 08:08|| http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]">[http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com] 2005-11-14 08:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Doh!

The question we *conservatives* should ....

Posted by The Happy Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-11-14 08:09|| http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com]">[http://www.calderonswirbelwind.blogspot.com] 2005-11-14 08:09|| Front Page Top

#6 When I read the headline, I was sure it had happened here, in George Bush's Amerikkka, where the American Taliban of Christian fundamentalism has seized power in a bloodless coup ... /moonbat

Posted by docob 2005-11-14 08:36|| 2005-11-14 08:36|| Front Page Top

#7 A number of 12th Grade students, along with some teachers from the same school, filed a lawsuit a year-and-a-half ago against Al-Harbi. He was accused of mocking Islam, favoring Jews and Christians, preventing students from performing ablutions.

Shoulda given us the "A" like we told ya, Mr. Kot-tair.

Posted by BH 2005-11-14 10:29|| 2005-11-14 10:29|| Front Page Top

#8 When I saw the headline I knew immediately just what religion we were talking about.

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-11-14 11:02|| 2005-11-14 11:02|| Front Page Top

#9 No separation between church and state. No freedom of speech. We are talking 7th century attitudes. Al-Harbi was a brave man--lucky he didn't get executed.

Posted by ScopesMonkey 2005-11-14 12:35|| 2005-11-14 12:35|| Front Page Top

#10 I doubt he'll feel very lucky by Week 7 or so. He is meant to be a very messy, unmistakable object lesson to the rest of Soddiland...do not stray from the True Path of Allan and his chosen messengers.

Or else.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-11-14 15:03|| 2005-11-14 15:03|| Front Page Top

#11 What century are we in?

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-11-14 15:11|| 2005-11-14 15:11|| Front Page Top

#12 He was also charged with studying witchcraft. (and had a poster in his house?)

Honestly, the Saudi religious police have to find another outlet for their repressed fetishes than beating some poor dumdum to a pulp.

Posted by BigEd 2005-11-14 15:13|| 2005-11-14 15:13|| Front Page Top

#13 One man in all of Soddiland took a stand for decency and tried to teach the yoots to steer away from the rocky shoals of extremism.

His reward is to have his skin flayed from his body in super slo-mo

I have shivers just thinking in what the Saudi penal system would do to people involved in terrorism. /tongue_in_cheek_off.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2005-11-14 16:05|| 2005-11-14 16:05|| Front Page Top

#14 The Religious Policeman weighs in.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-11-14 17:01|| 2005-11-14 17:01|| Front Page Top

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