http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-man-sentenced-death-atheism-ahmad-al-shamri-hafar-al-batin-appeal-denied-a7703161.html

A man in Saudi Arabia has reportedly been sentenced to death on charges of apostasy after losing two appeals.

Several local media reports identified the man as Ahmad Al Shamri, in his 20s, from the town of Hafar al-Batin, who first came to the authorities’ attention in 2014 after allegedly uploading videos to social media in which he renounced Islam and the Prophet Mohammed.

He was arrested on charges of atheism and blasphemy and held in prison before being convicted by a local court and sentenced to death in February 2015.


Authorities in Saudi Arabia have used a viral party video to identify and arrest partygoers in the country
At the time Mr Shamri’s defence entered an insanity plea, adding that his client was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of making the videos.

He reportedly lost an Appeals Court case, and a Supreme Court ruled against him earlier this week.

While news stories in the last few years consistently identify Mr Shamri, his identity or sentencing has not been verified by the Saudi authorities.

The Independent’s requests for comment from Saudi government representatives were not immediately answered.

Under Saudi Arabia’s strict religious laws, leaving Islam can be punishable by harsh prison sentences and corporeal punishment - and a 2014 string of royal decrees under the late King Abdullah re-defined atheists as terrorists, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.

Last year, a citizen was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing atheistic sentiment in hundreds of social media posts.

Mr Shamri’s name and hometown have trended on Arabic-speaking Twitter in the last few days. Some users have even celebrated his sentencing.

“If you're a lowkey atheist that's fine. But once you talk in public & criticize God or religion, then you shall be punished,” one such post read.

“I wish there could be live streaming when you cut his head off,” said another.

The Kingdom came under further scrutiny last week when it emerged it had been elected to the UN’s women’s rights commission.

Under the country’s system of guardianship, women’s rights and freedom of movement is heavily restricted. They are not allowed to drive, and voted for the first time in 2015.

“Electing Saudi Arabia to protect women’s rights is like making an arsonist into the town fire chief,” UN Watch Director Hillel Neuer said. “It’s absurd.”

Saudi Arabia has sat on the UN’s human rights council since September 2015.

Wahhabist islam, the religion of stupidity.

Islam is generally a religion of stupidity and madness. The way they do most of their things leaves me stunned.

It is well

killing someone for his or her beliefs is as lame as killing someone for sleeping on his or her right or left side.

actions only can someone be condemned for !

beliefs are mostly just set of blind acceptance of things with little or no evidence. cos if its true we need no belief to substantiate it.

WHAT IS TRUE IS TRUE!.

If person belif good if e no believe fine. It is what they want. Why killing? All these arab countries and their barbaric acts self

Islam is the religion of peace and the prophet said, 'there is no compulsion in religion'. The Saudis are not true Muslims.

allahuu acbaru!

true2god:
Islam is the religion of peace and the prophet said, 'there is no compulsion in religion'. The Saudis are not true Muslims.

allahuu acbaru!

D only true Muslims in d world are yoruba muslims who have totally injected their juju culture and quack education into islam. D rest are fake Muslims.
I wonder why it looks like Muslims are born with their brains upside down. Killing for no reason at all.
Have u taken ur camel urine diet today?

zionmade:

D only true Muslims in d world are yoruba muslims who have totally injected their juju culture and quack education into islam. D rest are fake Muslims.
I wonder why it looks like Muslims are born with their brains upside down. Killing for no reason at all.
Have u taken ur camel urine diet today?

Yes, Islam is the only religion of peace, even if we Muslims kill and oppress infidels. allahh have made we Muslims special people (quran 3:110) who can oppress others (quran 9:29) and impose harshness on anyone who doesn't acknowledge the prophethood of Mohammed (police be upon him) (quran 8:39).

If you don't believe in our prophet, especially in Muslim countries, your life and property are not safe with us Muslims (sahih Bukhari 4:52:196)

allahuu acbaru!

true2god:
Islam is the religion of peace and the prophet said, 'there is no compulsion in religion'. The Saudis are not true Muslims.

allahuu acbaru!

No compulsion in religion is one statement
BUT
Several others exist which says KILL them, PURSUE them and use every strategy of war.

The Hadiths also doesn't help matter by giving instances where the prophet of Islam violated the "no compulsion in religion" statement.

Why do Muslims hate the Jews so much?

I keep on repeating it, Islam is the worst thing that ever happened to humanity and mohammed is clearly the worst of mankind.

true2god:
Yes, Islam is the only religion of peace, even if we Muslims kill and oppress infidels. allahh have made we Muslims special people (quran 3:110) who can oppress others (quran 9:29) and impose harshness on anyone who doesn't acknowledge the prophethood of Mohammed (police be upon him) (quran 8:39).

If you don't believe in our prophet, especially in Muslim countries, your life and property are not safe with us Muslims (sahih Bukhari 4:52:196)

allahuu acbaru!

If you are willing to kill people over fairytales then you are a deranged lunatic, just like the Saudi psychopaths who took the life of this innocent man. Bleep your god and Bleep the hadith.

CyrusTheGreat:


If you are willing to kill people over fairytales then you are a deranged lunatic, just like the Saudi psychopaths who took the life of this innocent man. Bleep your god and Bleep the hadith.

He was just being sarcastic. True2god is a christian and a rabidly anti Islam.

Why is Islam so useless,primitive and just plain idiotic
Camel piss is bad oo

Islam is a peaceful religion but we have to kill infidels to prove it