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Our Friends the Saudis

By Callimachus | Related entries in Religion, The War On Terrorism, The World

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — A court sentenced a teacher to 40 months in prison and 750 lashes for “mocking religion” after he discussed the Bible and praised Jews, a Saudi newspaper reported yesterday.

Al-Madina newspaper said secondary-school teacher Mohammad al-Harbi, who will be flogged in public, was taken to court by his colleagues and students.

He was charged with promoting a “dubious ideology, mocking religion, saying the Jews were right, discussing the Gospel and preventing students from leaving class to wash for prayer,” the newspaper said.

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4 Responses to “Our Friends the Saudis”

Nortius Maximus Says:
November 15th, 2005 at 2:04 pm
*750* lashes?

Is that even survivable? Or are they going to administer them in installments?

/shudder/
Justin Gardner Says:
November 15th, 2005 at 2:48 pm
Horrific.

I honestly wish we’d cut ties with this country, but that’s obviously economically unfeasible.
Callimachus Says:
November 15th, 2005 at 5:45 pm
Success in Iraq — by which I mean a strong, stable Iraq with a democratic leadership and oil wells pumping and friendly relations with the U.S. — would enable us to turn a lot more pressure on the Saudis without catastrophic consequences for the rest of the world. That was part of the plan a long time ago, but the ongoing problem in Iraq has scrubbed that.
le centre Says:
April 6th, 2006 at 11:25 pm
In reply to JUSTIN GARDNER…
Economically unfeasable? We canucks are exporting most of your oil to you, believe it or not… if that’s the basis of your argument, then perhaps you need to reconsider. Incidentally, Saudi Arabia isn’t even the second country, it’s something like #8…
As to the Saudis… I wonder when they’re going to join the 21st century? I think someone needs to give them a time-forwarding machine to leave the middle ages.
cheers
lecentre
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