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Muslim Woman Beaten to Death in Hate Crime (California) - She Died on March 24th 2012 (by yasoobaldeen)

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Hacked Assad Emails Details First Lady Shopping While Syrians Are Dying In The Streets (by MOXNEWSd0tCOM)

The Road We’ve Traveled (by BarackObamadotcom)

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The Road We’ve Traveled (by BarackObamadotcom)

Saudi journalist faces trial over tweets (by AlJazeeraEnglish)

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:16:16 -0500

Saudi journalist faces trial over tweets (by AlJazeeraEnglish)

Maryam Namazie on Free Expression (by rezamoradi)

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Maryam Namazie on Free Expression (by rezamoradi)

Hamza Kashgari: threat of death over tweet (by SDAMatt2a)

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Hamza Kashgari: threat of death over tweet (by SDAMatt2a)

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Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:41:27 -0500

Michael Coren & Tarek Fatah Discuss Blasphemous Tweeter Hamza Kashgari (by blazingcatfur)

Why a Saudi blogger faces a possible death sentence for 3 tweets...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:06:25 -0500

Why a Saudi blogger faces a possible death sentence for 3 tweets – #FreeHamza

Hamza Kashgari’s tweets on the prophet Muhammad’s birthday have resulted in charges of blasphemy, apostasy, and atheism – and Saudi Arabia appears to be making an example of his actions. Read more and support Free Hamza campaign: http://www.free-hamza.com/

Sign Free Hamza petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/death-calls-for-saudi-poet-and-blogger/

The Price of Dissent in Saudi Arabia

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:38:27 -0500

The Price of Dissent in Saudi Arabia :

Saudi Arabia appears determined to sacrifice one of its young on the altar of domestic politics. At the center of a brewing storm is Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year-old journalist who faces charges of apostasy and a potential death sentence for posting controversial views of the Prophet Muhammad on Twitter in early February. In three short messages, in which he expressed a mix of devotion, frustration and uncertainty about his faith, Kashgari has stirred rancor across Arabia. His greatest affront, it seems, was giving voice to doubt. Many in Saudi Arabia share his views, but it is a poisonous environment for those who harbor uncertainty. In a place that demands public conformity to a narrow interpretation of Islamic orthodoxy and servility to religion’s gatekeepers, Kashgari said too much.

Tens of thousands of self-righteous Saudis responded venomously, including the country’s king, who allegedly personally ordered Kashgari’s detention. Amid calls for his death, a desperate and frightened Kashgari tried and failed to flee. An escape to New Zealand, where he hoped to press for political asylum, was interrupted after authorities in Malaysia deported him back to Saudi Arabia. Should Kashgari face formal criminal charges of apostasy, prosecutors will argue that he blasphemed Islam’s most important figure. It is an accusation fraught with peril. Angry clerics serve as gatekeepers of the law and, more important, as dispensers of cruelty masked as justice.

While the most vituperative responses to the Kashgari affair are no doubt rooted in zealous conviction, the reality is that this episode, and particularly the government’s support for the case against him, has little to do with protecting the sanctity of Islam. Rather, the Saudi regime is playing a calculated political game, one that aims to oppress some critics, to outmaneuver others and to bolster its thin claims to religious legitimacy.

While his postings on Muhammad suggest contemplative self-reflection, Kashgari subsequently confided that he was aware not only of the potential risk but that by courting controversy he was deliberately testing the limits of his freedom. Before his deportation, he described his actions as practicing “the most basic human rights—freedom of expression and thought…there are a lot of people like me in Saudi Arabia who are fighting for their rights.”

Kashgari was hardly a revolutionary, but his views most certainly were. The kingdom’s government is intolerant of free speech, especially anything that challenges political authority. Dissenting religious and political views, including those expressed by Kashgari, are widely shared inside the kingdom. Among the droves of death threats and the cries of angry critics, Kashgari also commands a sympathetic following. Thousands have rallied in his support. And the regime in Riyadh is well aware, particularly in an era of revolutionary upheaval, that a significant number of its subjects bristle against its authority. Such sentiment is hard to quantify, and criticism is only safely asserted anonymously. But the critics are there, most notably in the new social media. And they have potential power, which the regime grudgingly understands.

But while Twitter and Facebook have opened avenues for dissent, there are still significant dangers, something the Kashgari affair makes painfully clear. The regime is notorious for filling its prisons with political activists. In November the kingdom sentenced seventeen activists to long prison terms for daring to demand greater human and political rights. And there are other pressures at work that inhibit any public mobilization in support of Kashgari or against the regime. Many who have called for his death demand exactly the same for the thousands who support him. Given the power accorded by the regime to extremists, it is enough to shock most into reticence. Ultimately Kashgari proved vulnerable not because he is alone but because the regime has rendered the price of dissent unbearable. By arresting and threatening him under the cloak of Islamic law, the regime has also sent a clear message to others like him.

Kashgari’s persecution also marks an effort by Saudi Arabia’s leaders to shore up support from within the halls of religious authority. The royal family has long leaned on the country’s senior clerics to stamp its temporal power with the imprimatur of religious legitimacy. But many in the kingdom see through the claim. Pious and agnostic alike consider the royal family corrupt and irreverent. It is commonly held that Riyadh’s assertion of Islamic authority is spurious, a fiction that the government peddles as an excuse to protect its personal fortunes and power. Whether genuine or not, the result has been the empowerment of a class of religious scholars who are committed to protecting their own authority.

The Saudi-scholar alliance has proven a devil’s bargain at times. Over the past three decades these frustrations have generated significant challenges to the regime, with outspoken clerics periodically targeting the government for its infidelities. Mindful of this, the kingdom’s leaders regularly seek opportunities to placate potential critics in the mosques. In doing so, they have assured the rise of a clerical class that is simultaneously a pillar of support and a potential threat. An unfortunate consequence of this arrangement has been the de facto encouragement of extreme figures at the expense of more reasoned voices.

As the drama surrounding Kashgari unfolded Nasser al-Omar, a particularly odious scholar with a history of calumny, emerged as the leading figure in his public persecution. Al-Omar’s radical credentials are considerable. In the 1990s he was an advocate of an especially shrill anti-Shiite sectarianism, a sentiment that is deeply entrenched in Saudi society today. More important, he is part of a generation of scholars that has openly questioned the fitness of the Al Saud to rule. In a video commentary that quickly went viral, al-Omar broke down in tears as he called for Kashgari’s execution. Al-Omar tapped into widespread sentiment, but his visibility and the government’s accommodation of figures like him speaks directly to both the cravenness of the government’s agenda as well as royal anxiety about the potential for the clergy to rally against the crown.

Hamza Kashgari, then, is a sacrifice the royal family is not just willing to make, but that its continued power depends on. In the torrent of invective and recrimination that has swept through Saudi Arabia in recent weeks, the country’s rulers no doubt find comfort in pitting its citizens against one another. Better to encourage culture wars than allow critics to direct their ire toward the seat of power.

Global poverty is an existential wound. The synchronized deaths...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:28:22 -0500

Global poverty is an existential wound. The synchronized deaths of those who’re under-fed with those who are over-fed, draws us to the tragedy of this world that lacks justice. We’re all taking part in this wretched curse. The indifferent, those who cover their guilt in the little they give away, those who “spread the word”, The sympathizers and the inhumane, and even those who write a pathetic article like the one i’m writing now.
We’re all part of this deep wound at the heart of existence. We’re all cursed. But the inhumane are the ones who are more cursed than all of us combined.
Those who sought the mountain tops, climbing over the poor, to spread their authoritative and utterly subjective judgements on us all..
Those who offer us food in one hand, and their ideologies along with it in the other..
Those who aim to reach their heavenly goals through the moans and groans of the hungry..
The bitter irony of the case lies within their existence that hangs on the existence of the poor ones of this planet. The same planet that Mahmoud Darwish poetically claimed that its worth living in..
Whilst the dead fall everyday, every single day, off the edge of existence. Mocking Darwish, mocking us, mocking existence..

-Hamza Kashgari

all about HAMZA in English

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:41:23 -0500

all about HAMZA in English :

THE HAMZA I KNOW

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:56:14 -0500

THE HAMZA I KNOW:

23 year-old journalist Hamza Kashghari became a celebrity against his will since February 4^th after three controversial tweets he wrote on the occasion of Prophet Mohammad’s birthday. He imagined a conversation between himself and the Prophet, talking on equal footing. This directly triggered angry reactions: 30,000 angry tweets in 24 hours threatening him, a Facebook page “Saudi people want punishment for Hamza Kashgari” (which gathered 14,000 members) and many YouTube videos. Some even posted his home address online. A weeping Saudi cleric, Nasser al-Omar, called for Kasghari’s trial in a video that went viral. Some even offered up 110,000 Saudi Riyals (almost $30,000) for his head. The journalist issued a long apology and deleted the tweets, but to no avail.

Fearing for his life, the journalist fled for Malaysia, planning to ask for political asylum in New Zealand. He was arrested in Kuala Lampur airport and deported back to his country on the 12th. His family, friends and supporters fear for his life, since apostasy could be punishable by death in Saudi Arabia. His case was brought up to light worldwide these past few days, and Hamza is considered as prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.

This text was sent by one of Hamza’s friends to Mashallah News.

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The first time I came across the name Hamza Kashgari was around three years ago, in the title of a Facebook group urging him to repent for one of his written opinions. I don’t recall any of the details.

I then began seeing his comments on friends’ pages, and I sent him a friend request. Once he accepted I began to get to know him better. Hamza was and still is a noble gentleman. “Taking the side of minorities, the marginalized, and supporting the revolutions,” as he described himself on twitter. I knew he was a man of principle, someone who never contradicted himself or supported ideas and beliefs merely for personal gain.

Hamza was and still is independent, never blindly supporting one side or taking a position without familiarity with the subject.

I first met Hamza at the Riyadh Book Fair in 2011. He was at times bantering with the vendors while at other times arguing with them, yet always smiling.

I later got to know him better at Bridges Bookstore in Jeddah. He was a pillar of the store, which served a meeting and reference point for Hamza and his friends. The religious police even raided the bookstore and began a determined effort to try to dismantle this civil institution. The youth caused concern for some people there, discussing and reading about everything: religion, politics, revolutions, corruption, Jeddah’s disasters, philosophy, literature, painting, and even singing.

To me, Hamza was the thin and handsome young man who was always very shy. I envied the remnants of his childhood that he carried on his shoulders. He was youthful in a way you couldn’t image and likewise a mature intellectual, a revolutionary fighter. At the same time, his quill wrote about love, beauty, art, and humanity. He was a vibrant blend that couldn’t be absorbed without knowing the goodness of his heart and the purity of his soul, things that didn’t require much time to discover.

My relationship with Hamza wasn’t particularly close. I met him no more than ten times. In our encounters I would comment on a sentence he wrote or express my admiration for it, whereas he would then marvel at “The Position of the Sand” a poem by Muhammad al-Thubaiti hanging on my wall.

But with this, I firmly believe that he is much more honourable and noble than those who attacked him. I can also say for sure that the Hamza I know, based on his actions and behaviour, was a firm believer, or even the most steadfast of believers, relative to the behaviour and actions of those who attacked him.

The Hamza I know has not and would never get angry about an idea, principle, or something sacred. He reserves his anger for political matters or personal interests. The Hamza I know would never be obscene or vulgar simply because he disagreed with one’s ideas or opinions. Hamza would never lash out at anyone for his or her ideas. Hamza never called for the use of violence—any violence—against those with whom he disagreed.

The Hamza I know will never exclude violators.

The Hamza I know wrote an article about political prisoners in al-Balad Newspaper, which as far as I know is the only such article that has been published in the Saudi press. He wrote this article despite the fact that he didn’t share many of the beliefs of those imprisoned.

The Hamza I know was at Nawras Circle last Sunday, just two or three hours before the uproar and hashtags began, participating in a sit-in for the sake of the Syrian Revolution. He was demanding the expulsion of the Syrian Ambassador. During this protest he was briefly detained, gave a statement and afterwards released.

The Hamza I know knows the Holy Prophet, including his life stories and morals, more than the majority of the frenzied herd that has been attacking him.

Thank you, Hamza, for you have exposed the hypocrisy of many of those who call for rights and freedom, those who loudly support an impartial struggle for truth and objectivity. One such person who condemned Hamza is a well-known media figure who multiple sources claim to be an atheist. I would never oppose his freedom of speech, but I despise his position as though he were a radical Salafist sheikh. However, for this person his individual desires come before any principles or beliefs.

May God be with Hamza, who made me laugh when he said, “Thank God for blessing us with Abdul Aziz bin Fahd, just as the Egyptians were blessed with Tawfiq Akasha.”

May God be with Hamza, who hurt me when I heard what he said. It is humiliating to say something you don’t believe in just to save your life.

May God be with Hamza, who taught me expressions of longing and infatuation that found a way to escape from his heart to his wall.

May God be with the idea of Hamza, which they thought they could remove from existence by cutting off his head or suffocating him. They didn’t know that an idea, like a cloud, is immune to arrest or detention, only encountering other similar ideas.

God be with Hamza, who You know, and who knows You more than any other person.

Written by Omar al-Tamimi.

Translation and editing: Tyler Huffman and Karl Rihan.

DOCUMENT - SAUDI ARABIA: MAN MIGHT FACE DEATH PENALTY FOR TWEETS: HAMZA KASHGARI

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:58:47 -0500

DOCUMENT - SAUDI ARABIA: MAN MIGHT FACE DEATH PENALTY FOR TWEETS: HAMZA KASHGARI

A sad day to be Malaysians and Muslims — Islamic Renaissance Front

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:04:17 -0500

A sad day to be Malaysians and Muslims — Islamic Renaissance Front:

FEB 12 — The Islamic Renaissance Front strongly condemns the deportation of Hamza Kashgari over his allegedly offensive tweets.

Due to the irresponsible and cowardly actions of the Malaysian government in enabling the deportation, Mr Kashragi now faces the possibility of the death penalty in his home country of Saudi Arabia for the simple act of demanding his right to practice the most basic human rights – freedom of expression and thought.

Since the Syri’ah Law that is practised in Saudi – just like any other Muslim countries that implement Syari’ah – is subject to individual interpretation by the clerics, and Saudi is known to have a very poor record in ensuring fair trials compounded by a history of denial of rights to lawyers and clients; we do not feel that Hamza Kashgari will stand a fair trial.

More importantly, Mr Kashgari has already removed the tweets and apologized for his statements. We believe no further punishment is necessary upon the trauma he had already endured being on the run for such an innocuous act what more while facing the risk of punishment by death.

In this, we wish to remind Muslims of the importance of forgiveness in Islam. The importance accorded to forgiveness in Islam is very much tied to another key value of the deen which is the freedom of speech and conscience. This can be seen clearly in verse 256 of Al-Baqarah which states that “There shall be no coercion in matters of faith. Distinct has now become the right way from [the way of] error…”

Humans were created as subjects of freedom, divinely endowed with the rational faculties needed to be able to determine what is right and wrong on their own accord without the threat or imposition of external forces. The development of character depends on our ability to make that journey towards the good on terms we can relate to and understand most.

This is the core of any ethical system whereby meaningful choices and virtuous acts find their meaning on the basis that they have been willed freely by the person. For if coercion is what is needed most to ensure good conduct, then notions of love, solidarity, genuine trust or sincerity lose their meaning.

In appealing for the humane treatment of Mr Kashgari, the Islamic Renaissance Front once again points to the values of freedom, justice and democracy in Islam.

We are also deeply disappointed with the complicity of the Malaysian government for succumbing to pressures to deport Mr Kashragi. As a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Malaysia could have used this opportunity to set an example to the region, if not the entire Muslim world, of what responsible governance based on human rights could be.

Instead, with barely a pause in its conscience, the Malaysian government saw no problems deporting someone accused guilty for the supposed crime of tweeting his opinions.

The Islamic Renaissance Front adjures that the Malaysian government should just step down from the Human Rights Council so that the world would no longer be led to believe that Malaysia somehow stands for something it actually does not. The reality is that beneath the proliferation of malls and skyscrapers, we are still of an administration that does not understand basic human compassion.

This will save everyone’s time.

The deportation of Hamza Kashgari despite a High Court order preventing it is clearly a show of disrespect and a contempt of court. The Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hussein must be held resposible for this wicked and egregious act. Considering that Malaysia has no extradition treaty with Saudi Arabia, the deportation is a clear insolent and uncivil act and in breach of international laws.

There is nothing to be proud of being a part of the so-called Global Movement of Moderates. It is just another superficial and manipulative evocations of democracy and rights. Today is indeed a very sad day to be Malaysians and Muslims.

Dr Ahmad Farouk Musa, Ahmad Fuad Rahmat, Edry Faizal Eddy Yusuf and Muhammad Nazreen Jaafar from the Islamic Renaissance Front sent the above article.

* This is the personal opinion of the writers or publication. The Malaysian Insider does not endorse the view unless specified.

Malaysia defends deporting Saudi journalist for tweet

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:39:30 -0500

Malaysia defends deporting Saudi journalist for tweet :

Mr Kashgari’ has since deleted his controversial tweet about the Prophet Muhammad

The Malaysian government has defended its deportation of a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a tweet

Home Minister Hishamuddin Hussein said the deportation to Saudi Arabia was legal and that Malaysia cannot be seen as a safe haven.

Hamza Kashgari, 23, was sent back to Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

Mr Kashgari’s controversial tweet last week sparked more than 30,000 responses and several death threats.

Insulting the prophet is considered blasphemous in Islam and can be punishable by death in Saudi Arabia

He has since removed the tweet and apologised for his comments.

Mr Kashgari fled Saudi Arabia and was detained when he arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

His lawyers claimed to have obtained a court injunction to keep him in Malaysia. But the government deported him, saying that they did not receive any court order.

“I will not allow Malaysia to be seen as a safe country for terrorists and those who are wanted by their countries of origin, and also be seen as a transit county,” Mr Hussein was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying.

According to the BBC’s Jennifer Pak, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia do not have a formal extradition treaty. This is the reason why human rights activists say that Malaysia has violated international human rights.

Amnesty International has said that Mr Kashgari is a “prisoner of conscience”.

“If he (Kashgari) faces execution back in Saudi Arabia, the Malaysian government will have blood on its hands,” said Phil Robertson, Asia deputy director of Human Rights Watch.

Dutch stand up for Saudi Twitter apostate

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:37:17 -0500

Dutch stand up for Saudi Twitter apostate:

Twenty-three-year-old journalist and Twitterer Hamza Kashgari was extradited from Malaysia to Saudi Arabia on Sunday. He faces a possible death sentence for apostasy. Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal has expressed his concern. And Dutch politicians are calling for more action from the government.

Based on a report by Jannie Schipper

“On your birthday, I shall not bow to you,” tweeted Hamza Kashgari in the run-up to Mawlid, the celebration of the Prophet Muhammad’s birth. “I shall not kiss your hand. Rather, I shall shake it as equals do, and smile at you as you smile at me. I shall speak to you as a friend, no more.”

The former columnist’s imaginary Twitter conversation with the Prophet caused a storm in Saudi Arabia. “When I saw the tweets it made me cry,” tweeted Saudi Information Minister Aziz Khoja.

Rushdie
Kashgari tweeted a profuse apology in response to the outrage. But by this time he was already at the airport fleeing the country, says rights group Amnesty International.

Kashgari’s apology has done nothing to stem calls for his prosecution in Saudi Arabia, where he has become the subject of a hate campaign in both the traditional and social media. According to a strict interpretation of Islamic Sharia law, apostasy is punishable by death, but not if the apostate has expressed remorse. Nevertheless, Kashgari has been put on a par with Salman Rushdie by his enemies in the Saudi press.

Asylum
Dutch Human Rights Ambassador Lionel Veer says he will be raising the case during his current visit to Saudi Arabia. Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal has expressed his concern and is adding his voice to calls for an EU protest to the Saudi authorities. In response to Dutch appeals, the EU urged Malaysia not to agree to the young journalist’s extradition.

The opposition Labour Party and Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party have called on the foreign minister to do all he can to secure Kashgari’s release. And the Labour Party says the Netherlands should offer him asylum.

The anti-Islam Freedom Party wants Minister Rosenthal to summon the Saudi ambassador and demand the journalist’s release. What’s more, the party says Justice Minister Ivo Opstelten should investigate the role of Interpol in the case. Kashgari was reportedly arrested in Malaysia in response to a tip-off from the international police organisation.

Crossed the line
The uproar surrounding Hamza Kashgari’s case is not unusual, according to Dutch Saudi Arabia specialist Paul Aarts:
“It goes in waves. Sometimes the royal family give the religious lobby what they want, and then it’s time to give more room to the liberals.”

The Saudi king personally gave orders for Kashgari’s arrest, according to some media reports. However, it’s wrong to think that that any kind of criticism in Saudi Arabia is impossible, Mr Aarts adds:
“There is a range of opinion, there are liberal and conservative newspapers. There is more debate in the Saudi media than people often think here, also about religious matters, and about the Saud family. But there are lines that can’t be crossed, and this Twitterer has clearly done so.”

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Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:09:03 -0500

Hamza Kashgari, the Saudi writer arrested for religiously offensive tweets with help of Interpol (by GroundZeroMosque)

Malaysia deports Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:07:10 -0500

Malaysia deports Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari:

Mr Kashgari’s controversial tweet sparked more than 30,000 responses, including death threats

Malaysian authorities have deported a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a tweet.

Police confirmed to the BBC that Hamza Kashgari was sent back to Saudi Arabia on Sunday despite protests from human rights groups.

Mr Kashgari’s controversial tweet last week sparked more than 30,000 responses and several death threats.

Insulting the prophet is considered blasphemous in Islam and is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia.

Mr Kashgari, 23, fled Saudi Arabia last week and was detained upon his arrival in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.

He had tweeted his doubts about Muhammad on the prophet’s birthday last week. Saudi clerics condemned his remarks as blasphemous.

Injunction

Mr Kashgari apologised and deleted the tweet, but when he continued to receive threats, he left for Malaysia.

The two countries do not have a formal extradition treaty but Malaysia has good relations with Saudi Arabia as a fellow Muslim country, says the BBC’s Jennifer Pak, in Kuala Lumpur.

Mr Kashgari’s lawyer obtained an injunction on Sunday to allow him to stay in Malaysia until his case was heard, but it was too late, our correspondent says.

“The nature of the charges against the individual in this case are a matter for the Saudi Arabian authorities,” Malaysia’s home ministry said in a statement.

Amnesty International has warned that Mr Kashgari could be executed in Saudi Arabia if he is found guilty of apostasy.

“If the Malaysian authorities hand over Hamza Kashgari to Saudi Arabia, they could end up complicit in any violations he suffers,” said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui of Amnesty’s Middle East division.

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