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Opinion: Apostasy and Saudi Arabia

Jeddah Corniche - Some rights reserved by CharlesFredRaif Badawi, a Saudi Arabian liberal writer, was arrested on June 17 in Jeddah and charged with ‘insulting Islam through electronic channels’ and ‘going beyond the realm of obedience’. His ‘crime’ at that point appeared to be setting up an online forum, Free Saudi Liberals, and attending a meeting in Cairo on May 7 of the Arab Alliance for Freedom and Democracy, but the words that constitute the offence were not specified.

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  • User AvatarEddie Sammon 19th May - 11:36am
    I agree with Alisdair, the broad liberal centre ground needs to unite, otherwise we will face perpetual conservative or socialist governments. I think we need...
  • User AvatarStuart Mitchell 19th May - 11:05am
    Dave, given that a higher proportion of Labour MPs voted for equal marriage than did Lib Dem MPs, it really is poor form for you...
  • User AvatarRay Veysey (@rayveys 19th May - 10:58am
    Your opening comments and stories are naive and parochial, and to a large extent can be linked to the reason that UKIP has had success...
  • User Avatarnuclear cockroach 19th May - 10:40am
    This bill merely reflects the wider view of society, a view which has shifted over the past fifty years from a legal bar on practicing...
  • User Avatarpeter.tyzack 19th May - 10:38am
    why aren't more Tories joining us then..?