Hamza Kashgari, a Saudi journalist made some tweets on twitter suggesting he both loved and hated the Prophet Muhammed. This is blasphemy in Saudi Arabia, but their laws on blasphemy are somewhat different to anywhere else.
Religious authorities have decided he should be punished, and the order went out to Malaysia to return him, which they have. Now, the relationship between Saudi and Malaysia is two-pronged. First, they are both Muslim countries and, secondly, Malaysia earns a lot of money via Malaysians working in the Kingdom, and who send their money home. No way do the Malaysian authorities want to upset the Kingdom for fear of losing all that income. The fact too that many Malaysians working in Saudi are mistreated seems of little consequence, and that is based on my own observations having worked in Saudi Arabia and seen what can happen in the way of ill treatment, especially of female servants. I guess you call it kissing arse - the worst form of a somewhat dubious habit at the best of times.
Hence, Hamza has been deported back and could face execution, (possibly preceded by torture). There is no such thing as religious freedom in Saudi for Saudi citizens, and you can hardly expect a fair trial in a country that executes people for being witches - in the 21st century!
Sign the petition here:-
http://www.change.org/petitions/king-abdullah-immediately-release-journalist-hamza-kashgari?utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=share_petition&utm_term=autopublish
And visit the Everyone Group, (link on the right).
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