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Saudi Arabia to execute another atheist
May 5^th, 2018 at 6:16pm

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Saudi Arabia will execute ‘atheist for insulting the prophet’

A Saudi Arabian man who renounced Islam and made disparaging remarks about the prophet Muhammad has been sentenced to death.

Authorities became aware of Ahmad Al-Shamri in 2014 after he uploaded a series of videos reflecting his views on social media. He was subsequently arrested on charges of atheism and blasphemy, faced trial and was sentenced to death in February 2015.
Al-Shamri is reportedly in his early 20s and comes from the city of Hafar Al-Batin, located in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.

The defendant initially pleaded insanity, saying that he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol when he made the comments, Hala Dosari, an advisory board member of Human Rights Watch (HRW) told the Washington Post.

She added that “his trial focused heavily on Quranic law and little on any mitigating mental illness. As a result, Al-Shamri has been sentenced to death for being an atheist.”

After a lengthy appeals process, Saudi Arabia’s Supreme Court ruled against Al-Shamri on Tuesday (25 April).
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https://www.richarddawkins.net/2018/05/saudi-arabia-will-execute-atheist-for-ins...

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Saudi Arabia: Ahmad Al Shamri’s appeal denied, sentenced to death for atheism.

https://www.theexmuslim.com/2017/04/25/saudi-arabia-ahmad-al-shamris-appeal-deni...

All muslims face Mecca in Saudi Arabia when they pray, one of the 5 pillars of Islam is Hajj which means muslims must visit Saudi Arabia if they can.

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Leftists and the Ayatollahs have a lot in common when it comes to criticism of Islam, they don't tolerate it.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Saudi Arabia to execute another atheist Reply #1 - May 5^th, 2018 at 6:46pm Ain’t religion wunnerful?
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Baronvonrort Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20899 Gender:	Re: Saudi Arabia to execute another atheist Reply #2 - May 5^th, 2018 at 7:39pm Jovial Monk wrote on May 5^th, 2018 at 6:46pm: Ain’t religion wunnerful? What other religions execute people for being an atheist in 2018? Should we tar all religions with the same brush because of the Islamic death penalty for atheists?
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 156208 Gender:	Re: Saudi Arabia to execute another atheist Reply #3 - May 5^th, 2018 at 7:45pm Baronvonrort wrote on May 5^th, 2018 at 7:39pm: Jovial Monk wrote on May 5^th, 2018 at 6:46pm: Ain’t religion wunnerful? What other religions execute people for being an atheist in 2018? Scientology.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 51474 Gender:	Re: Saudi Arabia to execute another atheist Reply #4 - May 5^th, 2018 at 8:11pm Christianity—see “Exorcism deaths” thread here.
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issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: Saudi Arabia to execute another atheist Reply #5 - May 5^th, 2018 at 9:40pm I reiterate. Gandalf, do you wish for Australia to become part of Islam?
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The_Barnacle Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6205 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Saudi Arabia to execute another atheist Reply #6 - May 6^th, 2018 at 11:43am Baronvonrort wrote on May 5^th, 2018 at 7:39pm: Should we tar all religions with the same brush because of the Islamic death penalty for atheists? Should we tar all Muslims with the same brush because of the actions of a few right wing Muslim extremists?
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The_Barnacle Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6205 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Saudi Arabia to execute another atheist Reply #7 - May 6^th, 2018 at 11:46am Quote: Saudi Arabia will execute ‘atheist for insulting the prophet’ This is why the Western separation of Church and State is so important. It is in countries where this separation is non existent (or blurred) that religious persecution takes place
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issuevoter Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 9200 The Great State of Mind Gender:	Re: Saudi Arabia to execute another atheist Reply #8 - May 6^th, 2018 at 12:47pm In their hypocricy, secular governments will ignore this execution, and eagerly shake hands with the dignitaries from these uncivilised cultures and nations. In like hypocricy, Leftists will find excuses for Islam in the hope of propping up the failure of the multicultural experiment.
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Re: Saudi Arabia to execute another atheist
Reply #9 - May 6^th, 2018 at 1:23pm

The_Barnacle wrote on May 6^th, 2018 at 11:43am:

Baronvonrort wrote on May 5^th, 2018 at 7:39pm:

Should we tar all religions with the same brush because of the Islamic death penalty for atheists?

Should we tar all Muslims with the same brush

because of the actions of a few right wing Muslim extremists?

I don't know BARNACLE, should we ?

Or would that just be, being an ignorant 'racist' ?

WHAT MOHAMMED SAID.....

THE HADITH....

"...the Prophet said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him."

- DEAD.
hadithsunnah/bukhari/ #004.052.260

MORE, OF WHAT MOHAMMED SAID.....

ISLAMIC LAW TEXT....

"Ibn 'Umar related that the Messenger of Allah, upon whom be peace, said, "I have been ordered to kill the people until they testify that there is no god except Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and they establish prayer and pay the zakah. If they do that, their blood and wealth are protected from me save by the rights of Islam. Their reckoning will be with Allah." (Related by al-Bukhari and Muslim.) "
fiqhussunnah/fus1_06

ISLAMIC LAW TEXT....

"Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Prophet said: "The bare essence of Islam and the basics of the religion are three [acts], upon which Islam has been established. Whoever leaves one of them becomes an unbeliever and his blood may legally be spilled. [The acts are:] Testifying that there is no God except Allah, the obligatory prayers, and the fast of Ramadan."...."
fiqhussunnah/#3.110

n.b.
"Whoever......becomes an unbeliever.....his blood may legally be spilled."

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"....And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
Luke 16:31

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Re: Saudi Arabia to execute another atheist
Reply #10 - May 7^th, 2018 at 6:34pm

More of the same, in Egypt.
...sans the threat of execution, coz those Egyptian followers of ISLAM are so, so, much more amenable to persons identifying themselves as infidels, than their Saudi counterparts.

/sarc off

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By Robert Spencer on May 06, 2018 12:32 pm

Egypt: Atheist blogger arrested for criticizing Islam

In the West, we don’t arrest people for criticizing Islam.

We just excoriate them as “far-right,” “bigoted” “Islamophobes,” and blacken their names to the extent that all decent people shun them.

We are much more enlightened in the U.S. than they are in Egypt.

“Atheist blogger arrested in Egypt for anti-Islam criticism,” The New Arab, May 5, 2018:

An atheist blogger who was previously detained for promoting his anti-religion views, was arrested by Egyptian police, a rights lawyer said on Saturday......

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2018/05/egypt-atheist-blogger-arrested-for-criticizin...

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"....And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead."
Luke 16:31

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