Sweden and Denmark are forced by Quran burnings to choose between their commitment to freedom of expression and bowing to the threat of violent retribution.
In Sweden’s case, the Quran burnings have also put at risk its already delayed membership in NATO. Turkey, a predominantly Muslim NATO member that has blocked Sweden’s entry, has pledged to lift its veto. But more Quran burnings in the Nordic country could jeopardize that timetable.A Saudi court sentences a retired teacher to death based on tweets.Uganda enforces draconian anti-gay law.Russian interference in U.S. elections won’t end after Prigozhin.
A retired teacher in Saudi Arabia, Muhammad al-Ghamdi, has been sentenced to death by the country’s Specialized Criminal Court solely based on his tweets, retweets and YouTube activity,. The court’s verdict, July 10, was based on two accounts on X, formerly Twitter, which had only a handful of followers. The posts criticized the royal family.
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