Posted on 02/09/2012 4:58:45 PM PST by AMitchum
A young Saudi journalist is facing calls for his execution after tweeting remarks about the Prophet Mohammed, and the kingdom's top clerics are demanding his trial after denouncing him as an "apostate."
On the occasion of the Muslim prophet's birthday last week, 23-year-old Hamza Kashgari tweeted: "I have loved things about you and I have hated things about you and there is a lot I don't understand about you."
"I will not pray for you," he added.
The controversial tweet sparked a frenzy of responses -- some 30,000, according to an online service that tracks tweets in the Arab world.
In one response, Abdullah, a lawyer, said that since Kashgari was "an adult... we should accept nothing but implementing the ruling according to Islamic law" or sharia.
Insulting the prophet is considered blasphemous in Islam, and is a crime punishable by death.
Kashgari quickly apologized for his remarks, but the calls for his execution only multiplied.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Also note that AFP considers the tweet controversial and not the response...
Islam is a global cancer.
There is no controversy over the response.
We know what the response is and what we should expect.
The other side pretends it doesn’t exist and refuses to talk about it.
Thus there is no controversy.
;)
Didn’t some filthy saudi prince just pump $300 million for its’ share of Twitter?
Shouldn’t they kill him too for allowing such blasphemy to occur under his watch?
Well, there will be one less mooselimb in the world soon!
Touche.
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