Kuwait Arrests Man Over Allegedly Sending Disparaging Prophet Mohammad Tweets
- Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:15pm by
Billy Hallowell
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Freedom of speech is a foreign concept in many areas of the Middle East, especially when it comes to criticizing the Prophet Mohammed and the Islamic faith.
In Kuwait, where blasphemy has been illegal since 1961, there are legal ramifications for speaking ill of Islam’s most praised figure. A man, whose name hasn’t yet been disclosed, was arrested on Tuesday and is facing charges over allegedly disparaging tweets he sent about Mohammed, the Islamic faith and others.
The man’s purported “crimes” were announced by Kuwait’s state-run news agency KUNA. According to Reuters, the unnamed defendant is being interrogated and will face the Islamic country’s court of law over his messaging. The individual was arrested on Tuesday and the Interior Ministry issued a statement in which it said that it ”regretted the abusing of social networks by some individuals to offend basic Islamic and spiritual values, vowing to show zero tolerance in combating such serious offenses.”
Reuters has more about the incident as well as purported statements from the man in which he claims he didn’t insult Mohammad:
Twitter is very popular in Kuwait, with many politicians, journalists and other public figures using the micro-blogging site to debate current events and share gossip. Popular figures can have hundreds of thousands of followers.
Kuwaiti media carried comments from the man denying the accusations. “I will never attack the Holy Prophet,” he was reported as saying and added that someone must have hacked his account to post the comments.
This isn’t the first social media flap to lead to an arrest in Kuwait. In September 2011, a man was convicted for insulting rulers and posting various comments on social media platforms. He was released for time served while awaiting trial, according to Reuters.
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getourcountryback
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 10:45pmHey Mohammed you can bite this. (my middle finger) Furthermore, you can take all the rest of your goat herding degenerates back to where you came from, or the promised land. Matters not to me.
Report Post »Onowicit
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:31pmOk! I have made cracks at the Catholics, and Pat Robertson, SO here it goes.
But first, I have to go to the bathroom and Tweet a Muhammad. But I will wash my hands when I’m done.
Report Post »chuck_in_st_paul
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 8:37pmNow why would anyone want to disparage a child molesting murderer who is the anti Christ and convinced all these weak minded sand monkies to worship the Devil as G*d?
Report Post »Infidel49
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 5:21pmSend the atheists in the USA over there to bash organized religion. Oh wait, they would never do it because they will get their heads chopped off. That’s right, they only go after the religions that don’t hurt other people, cowards.
Report Post »akairey
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 4:53pmHere’s a great 27 minute debate about their “prophet!”
Report Post »http://vimeo.com/ericallenbell/truthaboutmohammed
TH30PH1LUS
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:52pmUnfortunately, merely speaking the truth about their “prophet” Muhammed is equivalent to “disparaging remarks”. The man was a pedophile and a murderer.
Report Post »akairey
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 5:01pmAMEN BROTHER! YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!
http://vimeo.com/ericallenbell/truthaboutmohammed
http://youtu.be/Nz3yqH5JEj8
Report Post »marcus_arealius
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:39pmHere’s one for Kooowait
Mohammed was and still is a child molesting rat queer moron camel fornicator. Now come and try to arrest me, bring an army if you do, you’re going to need it.
Report Post »db321
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 4:03pmAlso Mohammed is still in his grave – this makes him a false prophet – and his followers are walking around defeated by the true God and void of eternal life.
72 Virgins my a%s – all Mohammed followers are going to get is a nice eternal swim in the lake of fire! Enjoy your Swim.
Now I’m done wasting time writing about an idiot like Mohammed – I have a dead pig I want to bury on a property that Muslims want to build a Mosque on!
Report Post »akairey
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 4:55pmhere’s your proof of their “prophet”:
Report Post »http://vimeo.com/ericallenbell/truthaboutmohammed
SamIamTwo
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:32pmI hope it is not one of our soldiers…you know when you are in an Arab nation you have to abide by their SHARIA law…
Report Post »db321
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 4:09pmSAMIAMTWO – Follow Sharia
Says who? I will never ever follow Sharia Law or follow a False profit like Mohammed, Hitler or Obama – you better get on your knees and ask God for forgiveness – You can sell out America if you want – you can sell out your Family and Friends – but you never want to hear Jesus say to you ” You confess to be a Christian, but I don’t know you”
Never ever ever sell out God – period!
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:23pmI lived in Kuwait for two years and oh yes you do have to abide by sharia law. It totally sucked living over there. We committed financial suicide to get home and then find out that some US politicians are actually vying for some elements of Sharia law?
I will die first!
Report Post »Onowicit
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 11:11pm@SamIamTwo
Report Post »I am so jealous of your picture. That is awesome. I will laugh every time I see that.
Yuuperguy
Posted on March 29, 2012 at 8:44amIt’s true, when you are in a foreign country you must abide by their laws. The same holds true over here, people must abide by American laws when living here. I suggest you don’t go to Kuwait. Nor any of the other countries where Sharia law is applied. As for over here. We will never have Sharia law. Any attempt to do so will be shot down by the supreme court as unconstitutional. (When a religious law attempts to override the constitution the religious law must be struck down.) Even if it’s Islamic, Christian, Jewish… Doesn’t matter.
Report Post »amerbur
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:30pmA society that enslaves the minds of people by threatening them when honest open discussion occurs is a society that cannot handle the truth, a society based on lies, where people are as afraid to think as they are to speak. They cannot handle anyone that questions their beliefs – cowards!!
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:26pmwe saved there country ………why
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 9:26pmOh yes…let me remember, hmmmmm, oil, perhaps?
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:23pmLet me guess Akmed said Mohamed was a rump rider of boys……………………..off with his head.
Report Post »RobMac68
Posted on March 28, 2012 at 3:37pm“Mohamed was a rump rider of boys”…guess I will have to remember, when reading your posts, not to be inhaling my cigarette at the same time…cough, cough….thanks…LOL
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