A young Mauritanian has been sentenced to death for apostasy of Islam Wednesday evening by a court of Nouadhibou, in the northeast of the country. This was announced a judicial source. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed, in an article published on some websites, had criticized decisions made by Muhammad and his companions. The announcement of the judgment has been hailed in the classroom and in the city by shouts of exultation and carousels car. For the prosecution the accused had talked lightly of the Prophet and deserved the death penalty, as provided by the Penal Code in the case of apostasy Mauritanian Islam. The young man, close to thirty, arrested a year ago, had defended himself by saying he did not want to offend Muhammad, but defending a layer of the population mistreated, blacksmiths, from which it came. If my text has been able to understand what they are accused - had said - I deny it completely and I regret it openly. In his article Ould Mohamed had accused the Mauritanian society to perpetuate an unjust social order inherited from the days of the Prophet. During the trial, the first of its kind in Mauritania, demonstrations were held in the country calling for the death penalty for the young. A famous local lawyer who defended him had resigned for threats suffered. At the verdict, Mohamed Ould fainted. When he revived, he was taken to jail. There were no reports at the time of any appeal. Mauritania is in force Islamic law. The death penalty is still scheduled, but is no longer applied since 1987. According to local Muslim organizations, is the first time a critical essay on Islam is published in Mauritania.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 06:37:28 +0000
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