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1000 lashes : because I say what I think / Raif Badawi ; foreword by Lawrence M. Krauss ; edited by Constantin Schreiber ; translated by Ahmed Danny Ramadan.

Badawī, Raif, 1984- (author.). Schreiber, Constantin, 1979- (editor.). Krauss, Lawrence Maxwell, (writer of foreword.). Ramadan, Ahmed Danny, (translator.).

Summary:

"Raif Badawi's is an important voice for all of us to hear"--Salman Rushdie. Raif Badawi, a Saudi Arabian blogger, shared his thoughts on politics, religion, and liberalism online. He was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, ten years in prison, and a fine of 1 million Saudi Riyal, over a quarter of a million U.S. dollars. This politically topical polemic gathers together Badawi's pivotal texts. He expresses his opinions on life in an autocratic-Islamic state under the Sharia and his perception of freedom of expression, human and civil rights, tolerance and the necessary separation of state and religion.

Record details

ISBN: 1771642106
ISBN: 9781771642101
Physical Description: 1 online resource
Publisher: New York : Greystone Books, 2015.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Religious Vocation Entraps the Freedom of the Arab Thinker -- 2. Defaming the Intellectuals and the Inquisition Courts -- 3. Let's Lash Some Astronomers -- 4. No to Building a Mosque in New York City -- 5. Yes! I Will Fight Theists and Religious Thoughts -- 6. Tahrir Square Brought Students Back to Hard Work -- 7. The Traveler's Marriage and the Borrowed Ram -- 8. The Kingdom Come of the Syrian Spring -- 9. A Male Escort for Every Female Scholar -- 10. The Day of the Nation -- 11. Mixed or Divided -- 12. Let's Talk about Enlightenment -- 13. Is Liberalism Against Religion? -- 14. The Book -- 15. The Arab Spring between the Secular Choice and the Myth of Examples.