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Saudi Atheist Gets 10 Years In Prison, 2,000 Lashes

A 28-year-old man in Saudi Arabia must serve 10 years in prison and endure 2,000 lashes for expressing atheism on social social media, The Independent reports. Saudi religious police, which monitor social media, determined the man posted more than 600 tweets denying the existence of god, ridiculing Quranic verses, accusing all prophets of lies and

By |February 28th, 2016|Middle East, News, Politics, Saudi Arabia|

Palestinian Poet In Saudi Arabia Avoids Death Sentence For Blasphemy

Only gets prison and lashes for leaving Islam A Saudi court has ruled that a Palestinian poet is allowed to live, even if he left the faith of Islam. The man must serve eight years in prison and endure 800 lashes, though. CNN reports a court in Saudi Arabia overturned the death sentence of Ashraf

By |February 3rd, 2016|Middle East, News, Politics, Saudi Arabia|

A Judicial Killing in Yemen

A Saudi-led coalition airstrike has killed the judge who prosecuted Saudi-backed and now-exiled Yemeni President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi, CNN reports. The airstrike hit the home of Yemeni Judge Yahya Rubaid, killing him, as well as his wife, son, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren. Five other family members and two guards suffered injuries. "We do not target homes," Saudi coalition

By |January 25th, 2016|Middle East, News in Brief, Saudi Arabia, Uncategorized, Yemen|
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