Lite Beer Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Saudi delays more flogging of blogger on medical groundsAYA BATRAWY, Associated PressDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi authorities on Friday postponed the second round of public flogging of a blogger convicted of insulting Islam after a doctor concluded that his wounds from the first 50 lashes had not yet healed, a leading human rights group said.Amnesty International said authorities delayed administering the 50 new lashes to Raif Badawi, which were set to take place after midday prayers. The group said Badawi was taken to a prison clinic in the morning for a check-up and that the doctor found that "he would not be able to withstand another round of lashes at this time."According to the group, the doctor recommended Badawi's flogging be postponed for a week.Badawi's first public flogging took place last Friday before dozens of people in the Red Sea city of Jiddah. The father of three was taken to a public square, his feet and hands bound, and whipped 50 times on his back before being taken back to prison.A person close to Badawi's case said King Abdullah's Royal Court late last year referred the case to the Supreme Judicial Council, which has the power to refer it to yet another court. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of government retribution, said the Council has yet to respond.The 90 year-old Saudi monarch, who was diagnosed recently with pneumonia, has not been involved in the proceedings.Badawi was sentenced in May to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes for criticizing Saudi Arabia's powerful clerics and ridiculing the country's morality police on a liberal blog he founded. The Jiddah Criminal Court also ordered he pay a fine of 1 million Saudi riyals, or about $266,000.The lashes are to be administered over 20 weekly sessions, with 50 lashes each week. Both the U.S. State Department and the U.N. high commissioner for human rights have called on authorities in Saudi Arabia to cancel the punishment.Rights groups and activists say his case is part of a wider clampdown on dissent in the kingdom. Criticism of clerics is seen as a red line because of their influential role in supporting government policies. The clerics' ultraconservative Wahhabi interpretation of religion is effectively the law of the land.The 31-year-old Badawi has been held since mid-2012 and his Free Saudi Liberals website is now closed. He was originally sentenced in 2013 to seven years in prison and 600 lashes in relation to the charges, but after an appeal, the judge stiffened the punishment. Following his arrest, his wife and children left the kingdom for Canada.Badawi's lawyer, Waleed Abul-Khair, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and barred from traveling for another 15 years after he was convicted by an anti-terrorism court of "undermining the regime and officials," ''inciting public opinion" and "insulting the judiciary.""The notion that Raif Badawi must be allowed to heal so that he can suffer this cruel punishment again and again is macabre and outrageous," said Said Boumedouha, Amnesty's deputy director for Middle East and North Africa. -- (c) Associated Press 2015-01-17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 He will die of internal injuries. The kidneys will be the first to go. The injuries he's sustained already could be enough to kill him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Credo Posted January 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2015 My God, even my kids, back in the days when corporal punishment was permitted, usually learned their lesson with one swat on the backside with the bare hand. What do they expect that 1,000 lashes will accomplish? I am usually a little forgiving of different cultures, but this goes beyond ridiculous. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukrules Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 (edited) My God, even my kids, back in the days when corporal punishment was permitted, usually learned their lesson with one swat on the backside with the bare hand. What do they expect that 1,000 lashes will accomplish? I am usually a little forgiving of different cultures, but this goes beyond ridiculous. 1000 lashes will accomplish one thing : The guy will be slowly tortured to death It is a death sentence. Edited January 17, 2015 by ukrules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Credo Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Only if it is Allah's will that he die. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post catmaninoz Posted January 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2015 They should post pictures of this guys wounds at every petrol pump in the world. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chooka Posted January 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2015 Just imagine if this wasn't a peaceful and "TOLERANT" religion. Bunch of bloody hypocrites. Barbaric evil devil worshipping cult. 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Unbelievable I am shocked I really have to think over my opinion about Islam and Islam countries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeijoshinCool Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 A blogger flogger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hard124get Posted January 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2015 The west condemn Hamas and Iran, but arm and protect Saudi Arabia who did 9/11. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Islamic bastards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanuk711 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 "Saudi authorities on Friday postponed the second round of public flogging of a blogger"---OP . Wow that's a pity.....will there be a refund on the tickets...................... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klauskunkel Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Allahu Akbar...but Saudi government more akbar! Do not give them the blue diamond back! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZurf Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 I know of the perfect place they can shove their precious fairy tale book! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 They should post pictures of this guys wounds at every petrol pump in the world. Ah, but they are our allies and we need our cars! Best we have a jihad against halal food. Much more practical... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
attrayant Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 What do they expect that 1,000 lashes will accomplish? It's for the appeasement of the onlookers' mob mentality and intended to be a deterrent to any others who might be so bold as to have an independent thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samran Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 What do they expect that 1,000 lashes will accomplish?It's for the appeasement of the onlookers' mob mentality and intended to be a deterrent to any others who might be so bold as to have an independent thought. How else does a dictatorial regime up there with North Korea in terms of its opaqness manage to keep the public supporting it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nayet Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 How about we let Allah himself administer the remaining lashes? After all, the reason mr Badawi is being punished is because people are being offended on Allah's behalf, and if Allah truly is offended, then surely he will spring into action if his followers don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitawatWatawit Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Sow-dee. Woof, woof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Beggars belief that this kind of punishment is employed in the 21st century in such a wealthy country, particularly against a harmless blogger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 A blogger flogger. I can't stop laughing. You are so funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post uptoeleven Posted January 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2015 Unbelievable I am shocked I really have to think over my opinion about Islam and Islam countries Not really. Islam is a religion. Turkey is Muslim and Tunisia is Muslim and Malaysia is Muslim and Saudi Arabia is Muslim. There are many different types of Islam. By grouping all 1.5 billion Muslims under one umbrella we disproportionately strengthen the hand of conservatives and fanatics while weakening more widespread majority, secularist thought. This is one particular regime. They don't all deserve to be tarred with the same brush. But what they are doing is torturing this poor man to death for blogging. That is disgraceful but we fund it... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HughJass Posted January 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2015 coming to the west in just a few generations when they have bred enough voters to take the reins of power 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morch Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Unbelievable I am shocked I really have to think over my opinion about Islam and Islam countries Not really. Islam is a religion. Turkey is Muslim and Tunisia is Muslim and Malaysia is Muslim and Saudi Arabia is Muslim. There are many different types of Islam. By grouping all 1.5 billion Muslims under one umbrella we disproportionately strengthen the hand of conservatives and fanatics while weakening more widespread majority, secularist thought. This is one particular regime. They don't all deserve to be tarred with the same brush. But what they are doing is torturing this poor man to death for blogging. That is disgraceful but we fund it... Well, if it wasn't for the sentence being 1000 lashes, it could almost fit in nicely with the "lone-lash" doctrine... Is there, in fact, a mass outcry in other Muslim countries about this, or are things mostly limited to view expressed in the West? (cue the anecdotal condemnation. Reminder: "mass"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DiamondKing Posted January 17, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2015 How considerate of these babaric animals If the left want anymore proof that Muslims are lying Saudi Arabia condemed the attacks in Paris but on the other hand are lashing this guy 1000 times and putting him in prison for 10 years if he survives ALL FOR THE SAME THING, Insulting a barbaric pedophile warlord from the 14th century 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khwaibah Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EyesWideOpen Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 A generation ago these guys were riding around the desert on camels. Now they have 747 private jets with solid gold toilets . But inside they are still camel drivers. and stories like this one certainly prove that..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneday Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 These people enjoy the fruits of Western civilization due to their oil, but their minds are still mired in caves...barbarians all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambum Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Unbelievable I am shocked I really have to think over my opinion about Islam and Islam countries Not a lot to think about, surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilSA1 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 They should post pictures of this guys wounds at every petrol pump in the world. Ah, but they are our allies and we need our cars! Best we have a jihad against halal food. Much more practical... We always ordered halal food when we had work functions, to please a minority of staff. My Indian colleague who is not muslim objected, and said that she only wants non- halal food - which was her right. I always believed that hers was an astute request. www.thefreedictionary.com/astute Having or showing shrewdness and discernment, especially with respect to one's own concerns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.png.3b3332cc2256ad0edbc2fe9404feeef0.png)
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now