Answering Muslims has the story:
This is horrifying. Interpol (International Criminal Police Organization) is a worldwide network of police departments established to help countries capture criminals who cross borders. Saudi Arabia recently used an Interpol alert to have Hamza Kashgari arrested in Malaysia, where he fled for his life after Saudis began calling for his death. By helping the Saudis capture Kashgari, Interpol has become an international Sharia enforcement unit. People who flee the Muslim world to escape punishment can now be rounded up by Interpol and returned to their countries to face Islamic penalties for apostasy, criticizing Muhammad, etc.
THE GUARDIAN–Interpol has been accused of abusing its powers after Saudi Arabia used the organisation’s red notice system to get a journalist arrested in Malaysia for insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
Police in Kuala Lumpur said Hamza Kashgari, 23, was detained at the airport “following a request made to us by Interpol” the international police cooperation agency, on behalf of the Saudi authorities.Kashgari, a newspaper columnist, fled Saudi Arabia after posting a tweet on the prophet’s birthday that sparked more than 30,000 responses and several death threats. The posting, which was later deleted, read: “I have loved things about you and I have hated things about you and there is a lot I don’t understand about you … I will not pray for you.”
More than 13,000 people joined a Facebook page titled “The Saudi People Demand the Execution of Hamza Kashgari”.
Clerics in Saudi Arabia called for him to be charged with apostasy, a religious offence punishable by death. Reports suggest that the Malaysian authorities intend to return him to his native country.
Kashgari’s detention has triggered criticism by human rights groups of Malaysia’s decision to arrest the journalist and of Interpol’s cooperation in the process.
Jago Russell, the chief executive of the British charity Fair Trials International, which has campaigned against the blanket enforcement of Interpol red notices, said: “Interpol should be playing no part in Saudi Arabia’s pursuit of Hamza Kashgari, however unwise his comments on Twitter.
“If an Interpol red notice is the reason for his arrest and detention it would be a serious abuse of this powerful international body that is supposed to respect basic human rights (including to peaceful free speech) and to be barred from any involvement in religious or political cases.” (Read more.)
Posted by David Wood at 3:47 PM
Saudi Sheikh weeping as he demands that Saudi Columnist Hamza Kashgari gets executed
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Sheikh Nasser Al Omar pleads to the king that Saudi writer Hamza Kashgari gets executed for supposedly writing “shameful” comments about prophet Mohammed on Twitter.
Save Hamza! Sign the petition.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/death-calls-for-saudi-poet-and-blogger/
It’s a good thing that they didn’t catch the guy
smugging a contolled substance like deoderant.
Seriously, what Interpol did is an outrage &
heads should roll.
pressure should be brought on Malaysia not to
cooperate with the Saudis & let this guy go.
Why on earth would he run to Malaysia?
@ John Difool:
He should have become a host on MSNBC, nobody would
have seen him.
RIX wrote:
Or Current TV.
Can’t mohammed defend himself if he decides to be offended?
@ John Difool:
Isn’t that where they hide people in Witness Protection?
RIX wrote:
Witless protection?
RIX wrote:
They did a damn fine job with Keith Olbermann. It’s like he doesn’t even exist anymore.
Supposedly it is an abuse of Interpol policy to use their alert system for “crimes” of this nature. So somebody screwed up, or was paid to screw up.
As to why Hamza went to Malaysia? Maybe it was one of the only places where he could get to from Saudi on short notice with a Saudi passport, or maybe no passport?
@ Prebanned:
Pretty much.
@ John Difool:
As bad as Olberman is, I think that Laurence O’Donnell
is much more despicable.
RIX wrote:
Even more despicable than Fat Ed ?
@ John Difool:
It’s very competitive over there, but I think that
O’Donnell is the worst.
He was on the McLaughlin Group one night and said,
“I don’t give a damn about the morale of the troops.
They will damn well shut up & do what they’re told.”
Somebody should have bitch slapped him.
See ya later.I’m off to the dog park with my hound.
He’s a smart guy, he will let me know when he is too
cold.
@ RIX:
Or alternatively…someone should shove O’Donnell’s microphone up his ass. Sideways.
Macker wrote:
I would pay to see that. He is one nasty head case.
Of some note on connections and intersectors of the world wide evil money cults.
Watching the hearings of the House on problems of internet security and the mal ware and break ins of computer net works of banks, ect.
One thing that one guy was proud of was a smart card that the 6,000 interpol officers have. It gives them access to almost any building, any computer net work, the ISP servers ect.
My guess is they can spy on any one any were without one dam court order of any one knowing that they are doing so.
BIG BIG BROTHER
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
I vote with someone was paid to screw up…..this is just outrageous!
@ Lily:
Could it be that a member of the Religion of Peace
working for inerpol droped a dime on the guy?
Or is that just hateful Islamophobia?
If we support the Syrian opposition we are now allies of Al-Qaida.
What strange times we live in.
http://news.yahoo.com/complicating-move-al-qaida-backs-syrian-revolt-180218072.html
@ John Difool:
The usual suspects like McCain are beating the drum
for US involvement in Syria.
He actually denied that the Muslim Brotherhood is in
charge in Egypt.
I guess that you have to be very precise with McCain,
“Senator did the Muslim Brotherhood win a plurality
of the vote & hold a majority with another Islamist
Party? Senator?”
RIX wrote:
Sounds like logic Rix that you are experiencing…..not hateful Islamophobia and speaking of that word ….how can you been hateful of something you are afraid of.
/don’t you think that made up word is just redundant???
McCain is an Al Qaeda operative
This makes it very tempting to write something impolite about Mo and mail it to the Saudi embassy.
Interesting that the petition is closed. I wonder if the House of Saud complained?
@ Lily:
As I understand it, a phobia is not by definition
an unreasonable fear.
As an example a Jew in Germany in the thirties would
have been well advised to be phobic regarding the
National Socialist Party.
And yes, Islamophobia is redundant when we keep hearing
“I keel you!”
waldensianspirit wrote:
The Libyan “Freedom Fighters” screaming Allah Akbar
are McCains heroes.
McCain is a fool,a hero as a young man,but that
guy is gone.
Cardinal George of the Achdiocese of Chicgo is in Rome.
But he had a letter rea btoday at all of the masses saying,
that they will never compy with Obama contraceptives mandate.
Why did Obama pick this fight It seems stupid.
Greek Leftists Rain Molotov Cocktails Down On Cops…
Greek police are most long-suffering
Greeks I’ve heard talking don’t sound like these leftists.
@ John Difool:
Let the Syrians kill each other off. السناتور ماكين, you old son of a bitch!
@ RIX:
Heard on radio Obama cut off funding for programs [affiliated or aligned with Catholics] stopping human trafficking
theologygeek.blogspot.com/2011/10/obama-admin-stops-funding-usccb.html
This has been going on for a while
http://theologygeek.blogspot.com/2011/10/obama-admin-stops-funding-usccb.html
November 2, 2011 2:41PM
Catholics, Health Services Clash over Trafficking Funding
Looks like this is much more than aborting fetuses with Obama
RX, 20
Well they do the split up America best, so they work at the split of wormen who want birth control aginst all the rest of U.S.. What they want is to get 3% more of the vote total in Nov. so they divide U.S..
RIX wrote:
I severely doubt that it was a mistake.
Bumr50 wrote:
In this case, “severe” is used as it was pre-Romney.
//
Obama does know that 68% American Catholics side with him
@ waldensianspirit:
I went to that link. Doesn’t the logo for the USCCB look a little RAAAAACIST?
@ waldensianspirit:
Obama is at war with every American institution be it The Constitution, capitalism, religion or the military. His latest effort:
Obama Pulls Combat Pay for U.S. Troops
@ huckfunn:
I am biting my tongue, holding back what I think about what he has done to the brave Men and Women of our Armed Forces.
OWIE!
@ Macker:
He is an absolute disgrace to our nation as is everyone who voted for him.
@ huckfunn:
He’ll say the House GOP forced him to do it.
@ huckfunn:
I commend you for your excellent choice of words!
Bumr50 wrote:
He may have outsmarted himself. I guess that we will
see.
A huge problem is that the Media will always cover
for him & many people go no deeper than sound bites.
@ waldensianspirit:
He is at war with the Catholic Church.
If he succeeds , he will go after other faiths.
RIX wrote:
Except one…..and we all know what that is.
Obama and the commie Democrats can only win if we do not like ourselves enough to fight for ourselves.
40% of U.S. do not like themselves now and only wait for the slave colllar to fit better.
Bumr50 wrote:
… and the evil Tea Party who are kinda like the Occuturds when it suits him.
I posted this the other day it horrified me… they are using our own systems against us and we are letting them.
RIX wrote:
religion is dangerous to the state
brookly red wrote:
Never forget our nation was forged in violence. Thankfully, that forge has sat unused and abandoned for many generations.
When a government no longer represents the will of its people and represents its own will, it ceases being a legitimate government. At that point, all bets are off. Right now, I think we’re at the coal gathering stage.
@ huckfunn:
Seems to me all troops stationed at Ft. Hood would qualify. Weren’t they all exposed to hostile fire from the jihadi Nidal Hasan?