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Saudi Arabia Puts Atheists in the “Terrorist” Category

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 3:55
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The Qur’an lays out strict penalties for anyone who commits the vague crime of “making mischief” in the land:

Qur’an 5:33—The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His apostle and strive to make mischief in the land is only this, that they should be murdered or crucified or their hands and their feet should be cut off on opposite sides or they should be imprisoned; this shall be as a disgrace for them in this world, and in the hereafter they shall have a grievous chastisement.

What qualifies as “mischief making”? All kinds of things. An atheist trying to spread secularism is making mischief, just as a terrorist trying to blow up the king is making mischief.

Oddly enough, many atheists continue to assure me that Christianity is no different from Islam.

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Daily Mail—Saudi Arabia has officially identified atheists as terrorists in sweeping new laws that threaten up to 20 years in prison for almost any criticism of the government or Islam.

The regulations place secular citizens who commit thought crimes in the same category as violent terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda’s Yemen branch and Saudi Hezbollah.

Under the new decree by King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia will jail for up to 20 years anyone who fights in conflicts abroad – an apparent move to deter Saudis from joining rebels in Syria.

But the law also applies to any Saudi citizen or a foreigner residing in the kingdom that ‘calls for atheist thought in any form or calls into question the fundamentals of the Islamic religion on which this country is based.’

The laws have been denounced by human rights groups for making no distinction between religious expression and violent extremism.

‘Saudi authorities have never tolerated criticism of their policies, but these recent laws and regulations turn almost any critical expression or independent association into crimes of terrorism,’ said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. (Continue Reading.)



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  • Albert Pike, whose statue sits in the District of Columbia, wrote that atheists are to be exterminated, along with all who practice the Christian religion, so that the pure doctrine of Lucifer could be brought out into plain sight. What is that doctrine? DO AS THOU WILL! Many people proclaim that humans should be able to do whatever they want to do, to do their own will, as long as they don’t hurt other people. Sound familiar?

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