When Islam Becomes Official

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi flogged and jailed for ‘insulting Islam’

"A Saudi Arabian blogger has been publicly flogged after being convicted of cybercrime and insulting Islam, reports say.

Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail, was flogged 50 times. The flogging will be carried out weekly, campaigners say.

Mr Badawi, the co-founder of a now banned website called the Liberal Saudi Network, was arrested in 2012…."

This is the face of Sharia Islam. If you feel any need for free speech, then it is irrational to condone Islam in any of its forms. It is irrational to conclude that Islam is anything other than barbarian at its Sharia core.