Posted on 07/19/2009 9:07:36 PM PDT by Nachum
Since 2003, Bangladeshi journalist and peace activist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury has been investigated by Bangladeshi authorities on charges of sedition, treason and insulting religious belief.
Choudhury, 44, has spent years opposing Muslim extremism through his writings, especially the Weekly Blitz which he started in 2003. He has called for interfaith dialogue and for normalizing relations between Muslim countries and Israel.
On Wednesday, Choudhury returns to court. He is accused of insulting Islam and harming the state's reputation abroad, charges which, when couched as "sedition," carry a possible death penalty.
(Excerpt) Read more at jpost.com ...
‘Don’t talk about the ‘religion of piece’ or I’ll keel you.’
Coming soon to a country near you.
The important thing about this case is that it’s not “the extremist views of a tiny minority” as the Islamizers like Our Beloved President like to dismiss them.
This is the day-to-day policy of an entire country, one not known as an “extremist” nation.
The truth is, there are “moderates” in the Islamic world—such as the subject of this story, Chaudhury—but they tend not to live very long.
The truth is, “mainstream” Islam is terrifyingly extremist.
Come on, monsoon floods!
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