| Because that'll work on the Master Rulers of the Master Religion of the Magic Kingdom. |
... dedicated to bitching about human rights violations around the world...
on Thursday urged Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
to free two citizens held without trial for two years after converting to an offshoot of Islam banned in the conservative Sunni kingdom.
| There is freedom only to join the master religion. The wage of apostasy, on the other hand, is death. |
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
and tossed in the slammer
I ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece!
in May 2012, three months after joining the Ahmadiyya group and refusing to abandon their belief, New York-based HRW said.
The group said it urged
King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands Abdullah... Fifth out of 37 sons of King Abdulaziz to ascend to the throne. He is, after his half-brothers Bandar and Musa'id, the third eldest of the living sons of Abdul Aziz ibn Saud. Abdullah's mother is from the Rashid clan, longtime rivals of the Saud. He has 6 sons and 15 daughters and about $20 billion. His youngest son is just seven years old...
back in August 2012 to release the pair, but never received a response.
"Not only have Saudi authorities interfered with the personal beliefs of these two men, but they've left them sitting in jail for two years in legal limbo with no end in sight," said Sarah Leah Whitson, HRW's Middle East director.
"Saudi Arabia needs to stop policing people's personal beliefs," Whitson said.
"King Abdullah has won acclaim for preaching religious tolerance abroad, but there apparently is no room for tolerance inside his own country."
Under Saudi Arabia's legal system, the penalty for apostasy is death.
HRW said Ahmadiyya activists told it they have had no contact with the two men since their arrest, and do not know their whereabouts or condition.
According to information on the interior ministry's online prisoner database, both men are in detention but have not been formally charged.
The Ahmadiyya community was founded in British India in the 19th century.
Its adherents follow the teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, an Indian Moslem who they believe to be the awaited Islamic messiah.