Voicelessness in Saudi Arabia

[Dr. Richard Grossman]

Hi everybody,

Here's news of a horror story coming from the Saudi courts:

Saudi activist sentenced to 10 years, 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam
By Mohammed Jamjoom, CNN
updated 4:54 PM EDT, Wed May 7, 2014

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/07/world/meast/saudi-activist-sentenced/

Voicelessness, indeed!  My heart breaks...

Richard

[Hopalong]

I admit a severe prejudice against middle-Eastern judicial and conservative religious culture.

Not the people.
Not the "good parts" of Islam.
(Any more than the "good parts" of Christianity, which help offset the bloody OT.)

Fundamentalists or fanatics of any stripe are so so so destructive.
And I cringe (a lot) to see the rightward swinging of our own system/s...



Hops

[BonesMS]

Extremists make me CRINGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!