Should We Be Careful Who Our Friends Are?

[wildwood]

America’s biggest Islamic ally in the middle east – Saudi Arabia -has sentenced a man to ten years in prison and 2,000 lashes for expressing his atheism on Twitter. Media URL: http://thinkaboutnow.com/2016/09/saudi-arabia-sentences-a-man-to-10-years-in-jail-and-2000-lashes-for-being-an-atheist/
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[wildwood]

Oops, I got the feeling that there was an underlying reason for the severity of the punishment because the man is gay, but the article didn't actually say so.

[naomi24]

Was he?

[mibn2cweus]

^ Wouldn't they have stoned him to death on the spot?

[naomi24]

That's what I was thinking.

[vulcan42]

andy-hughes, for somebody who "walks away" you seem to spend a lot of time hanging around.

[naomi24]

^ :o)

[andy-hughes]

vulcan42 - Thank you.

[askyourgran]

True fender62, I am still wondering how the boat refugees found upward of $10.000 each to escape to Europe. Or have I missed that.