Hamza Kashgari posted a controversial tweet on the prophet's birthday last week that sparked more than 30,000 responses and several death threats. He was held on arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Thursday, following a request from Interpol, officials said on Friday. It is unclear if the newspaper columnist will be extradited. The 23-year-old tweeted on Saturday: "I have loved things about you and I have hated things about you and there is a lot I don't understand about you. I will not pray for you," the AFP news agency reported. He has apologised for his remarks and removed the offending tweets, but that did not stem the outrage. Clerics have called for him to be charged in court. It is considered blasphemous to insult the prophet. Blasphemy can be punishable by death in Saudi Arabia. source So this is what Interpol is involved in? I think its time for a show of solidarity with the net flooded with such "insults" to Islam.
Looks like the Malaysian authorities have used Interpol as a cover only and Interpol wasn't really involved. If that is the case then Malaysia has commited "blasphemy" against the international community.
Who cares what they do as long as they leave us alone. They are backwards and living in the 16th century...perhaps 14th century, hard to really tell...camels and cellphones you know.
Southeast Asia generally is pretty harsh on drugtraficking. There are 32 states which provide for the death penalty for drug-related offences. Of these 32, 13 have the mandatory death penalty. Malaysia is one of them. Not to mention sodomy which can give up to 20 years and flogging etc. good way to get rid of political rivals!
The death penality for drug trafficing in many SE Asian countries has nothing to do with religion, it's civil law. Both Thailand and Laos have harsh penalties for drug trafficing, both are Buddhist countries.
Another graduate from the fine American education system. No camels in Malaysia except in the zoos. I've been Malaysia to few times. Lovely place for a holiday. Very modern cities, beautiful beaches, great food and some of the nicest people I've met. Alcohol is readily available. 14th century society, never.
So you are telling me that your opening post didn't have religious intent? In the grand scheme of things that's been happening globally, that incident in Malaysia is trifle. Your intent was to once again to demonise Islam. Do you realise there's an American man of Thai decent serving tme in Thailand for insulting the king? Of course not, it's off your radar.
Religious intent? What does that mean? It has? Ok can you come up with other examples of "honour" extraditions, especially ones between nations not having any formal extradition treaties? No actually my intention was to raise the issue of "honour" extraditions and Interpol's role. Yes, I know about the case of the foreigner being charged with insulting the king in Thailand. That's a different case though since he wasn't extradited from another country, for example South Korea, and Interpol played no role.
Yeah, no kidding... I'm just saying that Malaysia has never been known for its freedom. Southeast Asia, in general, is mostly composed of authoritarian governments, so it's no surprise that they'd pander to an authoritarian regime (Saudi Arabia) of the same majority religion (Islam).