Saudi Teacher Sentenced to 750 Lashes
Submitted by Robert Daeley on Thu, 2005-11-17 00:00.
In case you were unclear on why that silly little separation of church and state thing is so important:
Saudi Teacher Sentenced to 750 Lashes
A Saudi high-school chemistry teacher accused of discussing religion with his students has been sentenced to 750 lashes and 40 months in prison for blasphemy, officials said Thursday. The court ruling was condemned by human rights activists, who said Mohammed Salamah al-Harbi was being imprisoned for having an ‘open discussion’ with students. Al-Harbi was convicted of questioning and ridiculing Islam, discussing the Bible and defending Jews, judicial officials said Thursday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.