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Riyadh urged to free heretic
2006-04-10
An international press watchdog has called for the immediate release of a Saudi journalist detained for the last five days after writing about religious extremism in the conservative kingdom. In a statement issued on Saturday, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ, expressed deep concern about the detention of Rabah al-Quwai, who works for the Okaz and Shams dailies and two Saudi-run websites. Ann Cooper, the CPJ director, said: "We condemn the detention of Rabah al-Quwai and call for his immediate release."

The CPJ said Quwai was detained after criticising "the strict religious interpretations of hard-line Islamists who subscribe to the Wahabbi doctrine and who wield tremendous influence in the country". Ouwai's lawyer said that his client was detained in the northern city of Hail on Monday after being summoned from Riyadh, with Inquisitors prosecutors reportedly questioning him for allegedly having "denigrated Islamic beliefs" in his articles. The CPJ quoted Saudi media as saying Quwai had received threats in the past warning him to "go back to his religion and leave these fictions behind".
Posted by:Fred

#4  I don't think Pak's even on the list. Without the Soddies they're just four more failed states. Maybe five or six.
Posted by: Fred   2006-04-10 16:11  

#3  Bush does not want a general war. He will pick them off one at a time. Suadi's priority is not as high as Iran, or Pakistan, I suspect.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2006-04-10 13:06  

#2  Can anyone explain to me why Bush, so seemingly rational about so many other things, has such a "hard-on" for the Saudis? Is it a money thing, an oil thing? What gives? These assholes aren't woth the powder it would take to blow them to hell.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2006-04-10 13:03  

#1  Wahabi fascism at Work!
Posted by: BigEd   2006-04-10 00:17  

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