Raif Badawi
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| - | The '''Kingdom of Saudi Arabia''' is a country on the [[Arabic Peninsula]]. | ||
| - | It borders [[Iraq]], [[Jordan]], [[Kuwait]], [[Oman]], [[Qatar]], the [[United Arab Emirates]] and [[Yemen]]. | ||
| - | In 2014, Saudi Arabian writer [[Raif Badawi]] was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1000 lashes for 'insulting Islam'. | + | '''Raif Badawi''' (born 13 January 1984, name also transcribed as '''Raef Badawi''') is a [[Saudi Arabia]]n writer and activist and the creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals. |
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| + | He was arrested in 2012 on a charge of insulting Islam through electronic channels and brought to court on several charges including [[Apostasy in Islam|apostasy]]. He was convicted of several charges and sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes in 2013, then resentenced to 1,000 lashes and ten years in prison plus a fine in 2014. The [[#Public lashing|lashes]] were to be carried out over 20 weeks. The first 50 were administered on January 9, 2015.<ref name=lashing/> The second set has been postponed more than twelve times. | ||
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| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Turki al-Hamad]] | ||
| + | *[[Irreligion in Saudi Arabia]] | ||
| + | *[[Human rights in Saudi Arabia]] | ||
| + | *[[Religion in Saudi Arabia#Irreligion]] | ||
| + | *[[Legal system of Saudi Arabia#Sources of law|Sources of law in the legal system of Saudi Arabia]] | ||
| + | *[[Application of sharia law by country|Application of sharia law]] | ||
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Raif Badawi (born 13 January 1984, name also transcribed as Raef Badawi) is a Saudi Arabian writer and activist and the creator of the website Free Saudi Liberals.
He was arrested in 2012 on a charge of insulting Islam through electronic channels and brought to court on several charges including apostasy. He was convicted of several charges and sentenced to seven years in prison and 600 lashes in 2013, then resentenced to 1,000 lashes and ten years in prison plus a fine in 2014. The lashes were to be carried out over 20 weeks. The first 50 were administered on January 9, 2015.<ref name=lashing/> The second set has been postponed more than twelve times.
See also
- Turki al-Hamad
- Irreligion in Saudi Arabia
- Human rights in Saudi Arabia
- Religion in Saudi Arabia#Irreligion
- Sources of law in the legal system of Saudi Arabia
- Application of sharia law
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