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Source: Religion News Service (RNS)
By Kimberly Winston, who is a freelance religion reporter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She covers atheism and freethought for RNS.
Saudi Arabia has reportedly condemned a man to death for atheism.
The man, Ahmad Al-Shamri, lost two appeals before the ruling by the Saudi Supreme Court earlier this week. He was initially arrested in 2014 and charged with atheism and blasphemy, both punishable by execution, after denouncing the Prophet Muhammad in videos he uploaded to social media, according to the Independent newspaper, which cited local media reports.
Al-Shamri is only the latest atheist condemned by the Saudi government. In 2013, blogger Raif Badawi was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, 10 years in prison and a fine for “insulting Islam.” His lawyer was also jailed for what the Saudi government called “making international organizations hostile to the kingdom.”
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Categories: Blasphemy, Interfaith tolerance, The Muslim Times
To kill a man just because of defending a religion is evil itself. The heart of those people and the people practising religion that condemn people to death all in the name of protecting the integrity of a certain religion is also evil on its own.
According to the Holy Bible, God created man with freelance — He does not impose anything on human and does not judge us harshly. Jehovah is full of love and mercy and this should be a standard everyone should follow. May God Open the eyes of their heart and turn every heart of stone to flesh, so that before any decree is made, God’s will will be first.
There is no compulsion in religion says the Holy Quran.
The Promised Messiah vth Khalifa, Prince of Peace is enlightening the World . Hadhrat Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Khalifa tul Masih V is constantly reminding the teachings of the Holy Quran to all at all levels. May Allah be his Helper,ameen. Ahmadiyya Islam is true representation of Sunnah of Hadhrat Muhammad, s a w,in this modern technological age.
We should let Allah / God do his own work. There is no hurry for anyone to be judged by this world’s judges in religious matters. Or matters of ‘thinking’ (if atheists object to me calling this ‘religious matters’…).