Because he criticized religion founder Muhammad in three entries on “Twitter,” the Saudi Arabian journalist Hamsa Kashgari is now threatened with the death penalty. Malaysia, to where Kashgari fled and “which is known for it’s moderate interpretation of Islam” (SPIEGEL), deported the 23-year-old yesterday back to his homeland. Moderate Muslims, by the way, consider critics of Islam as terrorists.Der SPIEGEL :
He unleashed a storm of outrage with three tweets over his doubts about Muhammad and had to flee to another country. Now the 23-year-old journalist Hamsa Kashgari has been brought back to Saudi Arabia from Malaysia – there he is under threat of punishment by death due to blasphemy.
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia delivered a Saudi Arabian journalist who was wanted because of his critical remark about the prophet Muhammad back to his homeland. Hamsa Kashgari left the country Sunday morning under Saudi Arabian custody, a Malaysian government represantative said. Several of Kashgari’s remarks about the islamic religious founder spread over the short news service Twitter were cause for outrage in Saudi Arabia. Read the rest on: Politically Incorrect – English Version

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