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Sudanese Atheist Sentenced To Death In North Sudan by CyrusTheGreat: 11:31pm On May 15, 2017
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Mohamed Al-Dosogy, facing death for dumping Islam in Sudan.
Mr. Mohamed Al-Dosogy, an activist who tried to dump Islam for atheism, is in trouble in Sudan where authorities ordered his arrest for apostasy which attracts death penalty.

Article 126 of Sudan’s 1991 Penal Code imposes the death penalty on offenders found guilty of apostasy.

The section defined apostasy as a crime that is committed by any Muslim who advocates for the renunciation of the creed of Islam or publicly renounces his or her faith.

He was released on Friday by the police on the order of a judge, APA has said.

The Sudanese police released the human rights activist, facing an apostasy case after attempting to abandon Islam for atheism.

The police said Mohamed Al-Dosogy was mentally challenged and could not be punished for his alleged crime.

On Monday police in Khartoum arrested Al-dosogy two days after he requested a judge to allow him to change his religion to atheism, a move that was tantamount to renouncing his faith.

He had written to the Sudanese court explaining why he wanted to change his religious status after which he was arrested and charged with apostasy.

However, a judge on Thursday issued a decision dismissing the case and ordering his release.

The judge said the defendant had been examined by a psychiatric and it was determined that he is mentally incompetent to stand trial.

Meanwhile, in a statement issued on Friday, the defense team rejected the court’s decision, saying the defendant never asked the court to submit him to a psychiatric test.

The case has attracted social media comments as Reem‏ @ReemWrites tweeted “ If Ahmed Al-Desouqi’s case goes to court , he will face the death penalty under article 126 of the criminal act (on Apostasy)

A woman, Marian Yahia, got the death sentence last year on similar charge, but activists are calling for her release.

A tweet by Ola Diab, said on the woman: “This is outrageous and disgusting! – #Sudan woman gets death sentence for apostasy.”

“When we fail to condemn evil, when we see it. It persists forever,” Nduka Uzuh, also tweeted.

Yet another example of Islamic stupidity killing secularism and the terror of religious fundamentalism.

The secular, atheist and free-thinking pioneers and then fighters of the enlightenment in 17th-18th century Europe were able to defeat the control of the Church and fundamentalist Christianity over society and academia. Hopefully global interconnectivity will help the free thinkers of the Islamic countries with their own enlightenments.

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Re: Sudanese Atheist Sentenced To Death In North Sudan by ilynem(m): 11:33pm On May 15, 2017
And yet Christianity is everyone's headache

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Re: Sudanese Atheist Sentenced To Death In North Sudan by CyrusTheGreat: 11:39pm On May 15, 2017
LMAO what is the deal with Muslim nuts and the denomination of "mentally challenged" for non-believers in the muslim faith? To sit at such an uncritical and self-serving standpoint about their religion, I'm pretty sure THEY are the mentally challenged ones here! wink

(It's probably just a loophole to stop him getting jailed - in which case, good)

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Re: Sudanese Atheist Sentenced To Death In North Sudan by whitebeard(m): 11:44pm On May 15, 2017
atheist u guys should shh..don't tell anyone u are an atheist or the next person could be u..!
Re: Sudanese Atheist Sentenced To Death In North Sudan by AkinPhysicist: 11:57pm On May 15, 2017
shocked

Re: Sudanese Atheist Sentenced To Death In North Sudan by smartty68(m): 12:08am On May 16, 2017
Religion of peace always holier than none. Freedom of choice isn't included in their dictionary lipsrsealed

Lemme sit and wait for the wailers to come and defend their religion.

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Re: Sudanese Atheist Sentenced To Death In North Sudan by CyrusTheGreat: 12:11am On May 16, 2017
whitebeard:
atheist u guys should shh..don't tell anyone u are an atheist or the next person could be u..!

Most Atheists know how dangerous communication is in these countries (and in Nigeria, might I add) because of the threat of violent religious morons. That's why they mainly communicate over the web. Sadly a lot of Islamic countries like Saudiland, Iran and Pakistan have heavy internet surveillance faculties so even that is difficult. Just be thankful Nigeria isn't muslim majority (yet) or it could easily become the Pakistan of Africa.

AkinPhysicist:
shocked

Re: Sudanese Atheist Sentenced To Death In North Sudan by AkinPhysicist: 12:24am On May 16, 2017
CyrusTheGreat:

Most Atheists know how dangerous communication is in these countries (and in Nigeria, might I add) because of the threat of violent religious morons. That's why they mainly communicate over the web. Sadly a lot of Islamic countries like Saudiland, Iran and Pakistan have heavy internet surveillance faculties so even that is difficult. Just be thankful Nigeria isn't muslim majority (yet) or it could easily become the Pakistan of Africa.

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Re: Sudanese Atheist Sentenced To Death In North Sudan by CyrusTheGreat: 12:40am On May 16, 2017
Re: Sudanese Atheist Sentenced To Death In North Sudan by Nobody: 5:24am On May 16, 2017
ilynem:
And yet Christianity is everyone's headache

I tire!
Re: Sudanese Atheist Sentenced To Death In North Sudan by Niflheim(m): 3:48pm On May 16, 2017
A religion that is so afraid of members leaving, that they have to impose a death penalty to maintain a steady membership!!! They then have the guts to boast about being the fastest growing religion!!! There is no difference between secret cults who threaten to kill you if you try to leave and Islam!!!

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Re: Sudanese Atheist Sentenced To Death In North Sudan by CyrusTheGreat: 9:02pm On May 16, 2017
Niflheim:
A religion that is so afraid of members leaving, that they have to impose a death penalty to maintain a steady membership!!! They then have the guts to boast about being the fastest growing religion!!! There is no difference between secret cults who threaten to kill you if you try to leave and Islam!!!

And if it isn't death, they still ostracise, bully and arrest those who would leave the faith. An Egyptian high-school student was thrown in jail for three years because he said he didn't believe in Islam and hated the prophet Muhammad to one of his friends in a private message on Facebook The person who turned him in to the religious police was his own father.

The Arab Spring was supposed to be the turning point for this rising religiousity, but it's choked mid-step and has been co-opted by Islamofascists. Hopefully some brave souls will pick up the reins.

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