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Palestinian Authority seizes atheist after he criticizes Islam on Facebook and blog
Associated Press ^ | November 11, 2010 | DIAA HADID

Posted on 11/11/2010 2:33:51 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper

QALQILIYA, West Bank (AP) — A mysterious blogger who set off an uproar in the Arab world by claiming he was God and hurling insults at the Prophet Muhammad is now behind bars — caught in a sting that used Facebook to track him down.

The case of the unlikely apostate, a shy barber from this backwater West Bank town, is highlighting the limits of tolerance in the Western-backed Palestinian Authority — and illustrating a new trend by authorities in the Arab world to mine social media for evidence.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: atheist; blasphemy; facebook; islamiclaw; mosqueandstate; palestine; palestinian; religionofpeacealert; sharialaw; taxdollarsatwork; westbank; youpayforthis

1 posted on 11/11/2010 2:33:53 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

And Zero and the Hildabeast are funding the P.A. to do this.


2 posted on 11/11/2010 2:36:48 PM PST by LowTaxesEqualsProsperity
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To: Berlin_Freeper

No surprise there. This has been going on every since Mohammed invented a cult in order to aid his Middle East conquests.


3 posted on 11/11/2010 2:37:28 PM PST by CdMGuy
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To: Berlin_Freeper

And we are giving how many millions to these turds?


4 posted on 11/11/2010 2:39:08 PM PST by vpintheak (Obama sez I'm an enemy and I will be punished. My Saviour has overcome the world.)
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To: vpintheak

“And we are giving how many millions to these turds?”

Which we borrowed from the Chinese.


5 posted on 11/11/2010 2:40:23 PM PST by Daveinyork
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To: Berlin_Freeper
the limits of tolerance?

Muslims are never tolerant.

6 posted on 11/11/2010 2:42:09 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
- The outburst of anger reflects the feeling in the Muslim world that their faith is under mounting attack by the West.

Westphobia?

7 posted on 11/11/2010 2:43:51 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (posted a total of 1,600 threads and 9,503 replies.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
But, don't atheists only have to fear a Christian theocracy?


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

8 posted on 11/11/2010 2:46:03 PM PST by The Comedian (Time and tide wait for no man. But who needs a bad magazine and cheap soap?)
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To: The Comedian

They don’t. They know that nothing will happen to them if they criticize the Bible but they’re in deep deep trouble if they mess around with islam.


9 posted on 11/11/2010 2:51:54 PM PST by ari-freedom (Islam is at war against America, while America is at the mall.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

> A mysterious blogger who set off an uproar in the Arab
> world by claiming he was God and hurling insults at the
> Prophet Muhammad is now behind bars

Same thing could have happened to him most anywhere in Europe, and probably even here in the States.


10 posted on 11/11/2010 2:52:15 PM PST by Westbrook (Having children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Uh oh, what’s that in the road, a head?


11 posted on 11/11/2010 2:52:41 PM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Earlier, Clinton announced that the United States has transferred $150 million in new aid to the Palestinian Authority to help close its budget gap.

I guess they could use that money to build a bigger jail for infidels.

12 posted on 11/11/2010 2:56:31 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: Berlin_Freeper
illustrating a new trend by authorities in the Arab world to mine social media for evidence.

Mine THIS!

13 posted on 11/11/2010 2:56:45 PM PST by SamuraiScot
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Where is Obama and the ACLU standing up for this mans freedom ?


14 posted on 11/11/2010 3:44:44 PM PST by se_ohio_young_conservative
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To: TexasCajun

As bad as the PA is, the People are worse!


15 posted on 11/11/2010 4:38:48 PM PST by kenavi (The good ol' US of A: 57 state laboratories for the future.)
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