15 February 2012

The bloodlust faced by the 'blaspheming' Saudi journalist

.... But the really chilling fact about this story is that his persecutors are the online commenters in Saudi. Some 30,000 tweets, mostly condemning him, came within 24 hours. A Facebook group has been set up to demand Kashgari's punishment (and Facebook has not taken it down). There are 20,000 members already. Some bloggers, it's true, have defended him; but they too have been threatened by the more orthodox contingent.

[COMMENT] The Religion of Peace restates its credentials once again. [COMMENT] I wonder what Baroness Warsi has to say about this? [Guardian Cif] Read more