How is it even possible in the twenty first century for blasphemy to be a crime? What sort of personality requires punishment for disrespecting a non-existent imaginary friend?
Yeah, how much of a bitch does god have to be to allow blasphemy laws?
Religious fundamentalists enabled by wealthy oil producers and supine complicity.
I’m just gonna say Muslim country and click the article.
Nevermind could have read the comments. Saudi.
Before even opening. Muslim country, right?
At the current rate western countries are adopting fascism, that will no longer be a safe bet in a few years.
Saudis
Always is.
In a year, it will be a toss up between the US and a muslim country.
One public execution and there’ll be almost no difference. Less than two months to go now…
Elections? Bro, regardless of the results, the Republicans aren’t conceding power.
Not elections. Kegsbreath announced the first execution by firing squad and he wants to have it broadcast for everyone to see. It’s supposed to happen on Dec 3rd, and Trump was the last stamp of approval on it. He approved it.
Most people live in Muslim countries, if I had to guess. In particular if they don’t live in the west where death penalty is banned/rare.
Your hate posting is thinly veiled racism.
Islam is not a race.
Hating people from different countries for their barbaric culture is. See the commenter above calling themselves enlightened compared to them.
My barrier for enlightenment in this case is the abolition of the death penalty. I absolutely stand behind that and will die on that hill.
And just to expand on this a bit more: a person having a religion isn’t the problem. A group of people having a religion isn’t the problem either.
It becomes a problem when said people try to enforce the religion and its rules onto others.
You want to worship a god who tells you to pray 8 times a day? Sure, go for it. You want to follow a religion that tells you not to eat pork? Awesome, more bacon for me. You want your religion’s restrictions - such as, punishing being gay or blasphemy by death? Fuck right off and fuck off some more.
Your virtue signaling is blocking progress to a world without this type of barbarism in it.
Hating a culture or religion for its backwards, antiquated attitude to people being different is not racism. Islam is not a race nor a country.
At most it would be islamophobia, but rightfully pointing out shortcomings of a culture or religion hardly falls into the phobia category.
It kinda is, if it’s based off of anbundiffernetiated stereotype of adherents of the religion.
I’m going to assume that you don’t have any problems with Alevi muslims, the Hui, and probably fine with Muslims from Indonesia too.
But by focusing on an incorrect stereotype, well if you feel better giving it another name: bully for you. But racism is basically just a synonym for xenophobia,
An incorrect stereotype you say… So it’s not true that a number of Muslim countries - that is, where religion and governance is merged, therefore these countries are legally, culturally and religiously Muslim - still execute people for being gay, or, in this instance, committing the oh so horrible crime of blasphemy?
It’s not a stereotype, buddy, it’s the reality. Pretty much every single country that is Muslim - and by that I mean the above definition, i.e. state religion being Islam, laws and regulations controlled by religious positions, et cetera - still has these backwards laws. Therefore it isn’t really a stretch to immediately presume whenever such news arrive that yes, it’s one of those countries.
Want this stance to be an incorrect stereotype? Go change those countries in question to stop executing people for the smallest infractions against your imaginary sky daddy. Then we can talk.
So you do agree that the death penalty is vile, i take it. Thats something. Yes, most enlightened countries have banned the practice.
Saudis have bigger issues at the moment but i guess Sharia shit law is more important.
Sharia law in Saudi Arabia is really theatre. It’s not even remotely followed by the ruling elites, but used as a battering ram against the populace. Very much a Rules for Thee, not for Me situation.
The regime probably figures keeping dissent under check is their most important issue. They can’t fight so that’s all they have along with their money.
Evil government
