By Michael Krieger: Just yesterday, I published an article
[below] highlighting the latest deranged idea floated by deranged Israel's best friends, Saudi Arabia’s
monarchs to sue Twitter users comparing the barbaric kingdom to the terrorists ISIS that Israel supports.
Today, I present to you a power graphic courtesy of Middle East Eye, which demonstrates precisely why the Saudis are so sensitive about the topic. Namely, because the accusations are true.
From Middle East Eye:
The Islamic State (IS) and Saudi Arabia prescribe near-identical punishments for a host of crimes, according to documents circulated by the militant group.
IS published a list of crimes and their punishments on 16 December 2014 to serve “as an explanation and as a warning” to those living in territory under their control in large parts of Iraq and Syria.
The document lists hadd crimes, which are considered to be “against the rights of God,” and includes fixed punishments for theft, adultery, slander and banditry.
Any questions?
Michael Krieger
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The Washington Post reports:
The best part about this latest Saudi stupidity is the fact that it’s backfiring spectacularly, with a meme created on Twitter where users are begging the Saudis to sue them via the hashtag #SueMeSaudi. Simply brilliant.
As the Huffington Post reports:
In Liberty,
Michael Krieger
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Today, I present to you a power graphic courtesy of Middle East Eye, which demonstrates precisely why the Saudis are so sensitive about the topic. Namely, because the accusations are true.From Middle East Eye:
The Islamic State (IS) and Saudi Arabia prescribe near-identical punishments for a host of crimes, according to documents circulated by the militant group.
IS published a list of crimes and their punishments on 16 December 2014 to serve “as an explanation and as a warning” to those living in territory under their control in large parts of Iraq and Syria.
The document lists hadd crimes, which are considered to be “against the rights of God,” and includes fixed punishments for theft, adultery, slander and banditry.
Crimes deemed hadd and their punishments are derived from the Quran and the hadith, the collected teachings and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. However, with the exception of Saudi Arabia, and IS-controlled areas, they are rarely applied.
Michael Krieger
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Another New Low – Saudi Arabia Threatens to Sue Twitter Users Who Compare it to ISIS
Saudi Arabia never, ever disappoints when it comes to barbarism and
backwardness. The latest example is a supposed threat to sue a Twitter
user for making the obvious and accurate comparison of the regime to
ISIS, something I myself have done on countless occasions.The Washington Post reports:
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have long been annoyed that everyone keeps suggesting they are anything like the Islamic State. Sure, they say, perhaps some of the laws on the books may look similar to the punishments in the extremist organization, but the Saudi kingdom is a sovereign state that abides by the rule of law and uses these punishments with discretion.I suppose it’s not apparent to the Saudis how the only thing this pathetic threat does is further confirm the worst suspicions of its rapidly growing population of critics from around the world. Of course, it’s not the first time these authoritarian monarchs have expressed a panic attack about Twitter. Recall the following post from 2013: Saudi Religious Police Chief Goes on the Attack…Against Twitter.
Now, reports in the Saudi press suggest that authorities have a new tactic for those who compare them to the Islamic State: taking them to court. According to a report in pro-government newspaper Al Riyadh, the Saudi justice ministry is planning to sue a Twitter user who suggested that a death sentence recently handed out to a Palestinian artist for apostasy was “ISIS-like.”
“Questioning the fairness of the courts is to question the justice of the Kingdom and its judicial system based on Islamic law, which guarantees rights and ensures human dignity,” a source in the justice ministry told the newspaper, according to a translation by Reuters. The ministry would not hesitate to sue “any media that slandered the religious judiciary of the Kingdom,” the source added.
The best part about this latest Saudi stupidity is the fact that it’s backfiring spectacularly, with a meme created on Twitter where users are begging the Saudis to sue them via the hashtag #SueMeSaudi. Simply brilliant.
As the Huffington Post reports:
People are inviting Saudi Arabia to sue them after the state reportedly threatened legal action against someone who compared its imminent execution of a Palestinian poet to the actions of Islamic State.
The country’s justice ministry would “sue the person who described … the sentencing of a man to death for apostasy as being ‘ISIS-like’,” a source within the ministry told the pro-government newspaperAl-Riyadh.Here are a couple examples:
Saudi Arabia, please sue me.I will be in Leb next
week for extradition. “Saudi Arabia to sue anyone who compares their
justice syst to Isis”
— NassimNicholasTaleb (@nntaleb) November 26, 2015
Free speech and a choice of faith is a human right. #SueMeSaudi pic.twitter.com/scTwbqmvXT — Ajanta Deb Roy (@ajantadebroy) November 28, 2015
Thugs till the end.In Liberty,
Michael Krieger
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