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by MulaiAzhagi Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:13 pm
http://www.rediff.com/news/report/saudi-scribe-deported-from-malaysia-over-insulting-prophet/20120212.htm
Saudi scribe deported from Malaysia over insulting Prophet
A 23-year-old Saudi journalist, who had allegedly made blasphemous remarks on Twitter was deported from Malaysia on Saunday, despite pleas from rights groups that he may be executed in his home country.
Hamza Kashgari, was sent back to Saudi Arabia despite protests from human rights groups.
Though a Malaysian high court judge granted an injunction to the lawyers representing the young journalist staying his deportation, the ruling came in too late as the scribe had already been flown back.
The journalist's controversial tweet on Prophet Muhammad last week was condemned by more than 30,000 responses.
Insulting the prophet is considered blasphemous in Islam and is a crime punishable by execution in Saudi Arabia.
Kashgari fled Saudi Arabia last week and was detained upon his arrival at the Kuala Lumpur international airport on Thursday.
He had apparently fled to Malaysia after he continued to receive threats even though he had apologised and deleted the tweet.
Though Muslim majority Malaysia does not have extradition treaty with Saudi Arabia, the two nations have strong ties. Amnesty International feared Kashgari could be executed in Saudi Arabia if he was found guilty of apostasy.
He was handed over to Saudi officials and flown back on Sunday morning. Flight arrangements were handled by the Saudi authorities, a spokesman said.
Saudi scribe deported from Malaysia over insulting Prophet
A 23-year-old Saudi journalist, who had allegedly made blasphemous remarks on Twitter was deported from Malaysia on Saunday, despite pleas from rights groups that he may be executed in his home country.
Hamza Kashgari, was sent back to Saudi Arabia despite protests from human rights groups.
Though a Malaysian high court judge granted an injunction to the lawyers representing the young journalist staying his deportation, the ruling came in too late as the scribe had already been flown back.
The journalist's controversial tweet on Prophet Muhammad last week was condemned by more than 30,000 responses.
Insulting the prophet is considered blasphemous in Islam and is a crime punishable by execution in Saudi Arabia.
Kashgari fled Saudi Arabia last week and was detained upon his arrival at the Kuala Lumpur international airport on Thursday.
He had apparently fled to Malaysia after he continued to receive threats even though he had apologised and deleted the tweet.
Though Muslim majority Malaysia does not have extradition treaty with Saudi Arabia, the two nations have strong ties. Amnesty International feared Kashgari could be executed in Saudi Arabia if he was found guilty of apostasy.
He was handed over to Saudi officials and flown back on Sunday morning. Flight arrangements were handled by the Saudi authorities, a spokesman said.
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Re: Dumb Saudi
by MulaiAzhagi Sun Feb 12, 2012 11:21 pm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/feb/12/malaysia-deports-saudi-journalist-prophet
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/08/twitter-aflame-with-fatwa-against-saudi-writer-hamza-kashgari.html
Last week, just before the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad’s birth, Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year-old Saudi writer in Jidda, took to his Twitter feed to reflect on the occasion.
“On your birthday, I will say that I have loved the rebel in you, that you’ve always been a source of inspiration to me, and that I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for you,” he wrote in one tweet.
“On your birthday, I find you wherever I turn. I will say that I have loved aspects of you, hated others, and could not understand many more,” he wrote in a second.
“On your birthday, I shall not bow to you. I shall not kiss your hand. Rather, I shall shake it as equals do, and smile at you as you smile at me. I shall speak to you as a friend, no more,” he concluded in a third.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/08/twitter-aflame-with-fatwa-against-saudi-writer-hamza-kashgari.html
Last week, just before the anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad’s birth, Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year-old Saudi writer in Jidda, took to his Twitter feed to reflect on the occasion.
“On your birthday, I will say that I have loved the rebel in you, that you’ve always been a source of inspiration to me, and that I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for you,” he wrote in one tweet.
“On your birthday, I find you wherever I turn. I will say that I have loved aspects of you, hated others, and could not understand many more,” he wrote in a second.
“On your birthday, I shall not bow to you. I shall not kiss your hand. Rather, I shall shake it as equals do, and smile at you as you smile at me. I shall speak to you as a friend, no more,” he concluded in a third.
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