Mauritania clerics want 'apostasy' blogger executed

[zebo-the-fat]

Mauritania clerics want 'apostasy' blogger executed

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-37975552

A body of Muslim clerics in Mauritania has called for the death sentence to be carried out against a blogger convicted of apostasy in 2014.

The blogger was arrested in January 2014 for an article in which he lashed out at those who use religion as a means of discrimination against members of certain ethnic groups. The article was later taken down as it was deemed blasphemous towards the Prophet Muhammad. Mkhaitir then apologised and said he never meant to insult the Prophet.

"We demand that the competent authorities apply the law," the Forum of Imams and Ulemas was quoted by Reuters as saying in a statement. "Kill him and bury him in conformity with the law of God," the statement added.

Don't you just love the "religion of peace"?  The prophet must be a thin skinned wimp if he can't handle an insult

[TheRealJoeFish]

Mauritania and Mauritius: very similar names, very different places.

[vorlon13]

Fucking Mos are the same everywhere though.

[ReptilianPeon]

Global Slavery Index estimates 1% of Mauritania's population are slaves and this is what they chose to focus on? Why don't focus their resources on punishing the slave owners instead? Oh right, they are officially  an Islamic Republic... That means we have to do some mental gymnastic to defend them if we are from the Ummah. Or we could just be normal an condemn slavery.