Imagine it was Iran who had flogged this guy, the world would have never heard the end of it, and country after country would have publicly rejected it while attacking Iran in its own way.. But since its Americas best friend and ally the zionist regime of saudia arabia, the west is quiet and nothing louder than a whisper is heard. We should mention that the SAUDI entity does not represent Islam, or muslims; they represented their fear of losing the kingdom and their luxurious life, it is for that reason they restrict freedom. 1400 years ago in the Hijaz under the guidance of Prophet Muhammad, women had more freedom than men do in the WAHABI states of saudia arabia today!! If Iran, say, had sentenced a freedom-of-speech advocate with a Canadian connection to 1,000 lashes, the Harper government’s response would have been swift and scathing. Cabinet ministers would have tripped over one another in an effort to be photographed consoling Badawi’s wife, Ensaf Haidar. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird would have denounced the floggers as enemies of freedom. Immigration Minister Chris Alexander might have even had something to say about what, in a different context, he labelled “barbaric cultural practices.” But the offender here was not an official enemy such as Iran or Vladimir Putin’s Russia. It was oil giant Saudi Arabia. So the reaction was far more restrained. Harper said nothing. Baird said nothing. The only Canadian government reaction came from religious freedom ambassador Andrew Bennett, who called the brutal flogging “unbecoming.” Bennett also referred to the punishment as a “gross violation of human dignity” which, I suppose, is something. But coming just days after political leaders from Canada and other Western nations declared their solidarity with the murdered journalists of France’s Charlie Hebdo magazine, the near silence on Saudi Arabia’s approach to freedom of speech was striking. It was particularly striking in that the strict Wahhabi interpretation of Islam promoted by the Saudis is used as a theological excuse by radicals of both Al Qaeda and the Islamic State — including those who carried out the Charlie Hebdo massacre. Like Saudi Arabia, the new radicals view apostasy and blasphemy as crimes punishable by death. Like Saudi Arabia, they have little tolerance for Muslims who differ from their austere interpretation of Islam. Like Saudi Arabia, the Islamic State uses decapitation as its preferred method of execution. Associated Press reports that the Saudis beheaded 83 people last year for an array of crimes, including witchcraft. This is not to suggest that Saudi Arabia and the Islamic State are equivalent. The Saudi government does not engage in mass murder under the name of jihad. In part, however, that’s because Saudi religious fundamentalists already have their state. Saudi Arabia was cobbled together through bloody wars of conquest in the early 20th century.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 12:55:37 +0000
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