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December 31, 2007

“Saudi Arabia: The Vitriolic Imam And Death Threat Phone Messages”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A strange story comes from Arab News today. An imam has been jailed for sending death threats to the senior member of the local branch of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs in Hail, Saudi Arabia. Sheikh Abdullah Al-Hammad received the death threats on his mobile phone after his ministry had fired an imam from his role as a prayer leader. The sacking happened after the Ministry ordered the local imam to desist from making anti-Western political slogans during his sermons. When the imam would not comply with the order and was suspended, he then sent the threats. This led to a court case brought at the Hail religious court.

The imam had argued with the demands to stop condemning the West in his sermons, justifying that it was acceptable in Islam to wish for bad things for Western countries’ governments. The imam did not deny sending the death threats, and was jailed for seven months, with an additional 150 lashes. Today, the imam will have his appeal against the sentence heard at the Saudi Cassation Court.”


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