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Saudi writer faces execution over Twitter posts about the Prophet Muhammad

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February 16, 2012

There ” title=”lot” target=”_blank”>lot of ” title=”detained upon arrival” target=”_blank”>detained upon arrival at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and has been deported by Malaysian authorities. His crime? Tweeting this on the occasion of Muhammad’s birthday last week, ” title=”Guardian” target=”_blank”>Guardian opines that Kashgari likely “will not be executed, if he makes a sufficiently grovelling apology, though he will certainly be punished cruelly for something that is not a crime in any civilised society.” But his fate remains unknown.

As for Saudi Arabian authorities, not only are they telling other countries to butt out of the situation, which is ripe for human rights violations—they’re also

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