http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/02/palestinian-poet-ashraf-fayadhs-death-sentence-overturned-by-saudi-court (Article from United Kingdom’s “The Guardian”)
This is a story I mentioned previously in Islamic Civ I, where a Saudi poet was accused of apostasy due to his poetry and was sentenced to death. Apparently his lawyers argued that his case was illegitimate because he never had a fair trial, and his sentence is now 8 years in prison and 800 lashes (issued over 16 occasions). I think that there is still injustice at play here, but this entire event just shows how different other parts of the world can be from the United States, where we would never see such a crime (let alone punishment) be trued and carried out.
