Every time I fill up my fuel tank on my car, I get angry knowing that some of the money I'm paying is ended up supporting the sponsors of Saudi Arabian religious zealots.
Saturday, a Saudi Arabian high school chemistry teacher was sentenced to 3 years in prison and 750 lashes in public. His crime? Mocking Islam.
It turns out that he was sued for this "crime" by some students of his that had failed an exam. Back in 2004 he had made the mistake of asking the students of the school to examine the claims of the Saudi extremists who have been blowing up buildings and killing people. He asked the students to ponder if these nuts represent true Islam.
The Islamic teachers at the same school took offense at his questions. The told him that no matter what these people did, they were Muslim, and therefore could not be criticized. That is right. You can be a savage mass murderer of innocent women and children. But as long as you are Muslim, it is wrong to have other Muslims doubt your intentions.
So the Islamic Sudies teachers pushed the failing students to sue him for Mocking Islam.
Read about it here: Arab News, and The Religious Policeman.
I'm no tree hugging hippie. But please think about this the next time you go out to buy a car.
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