The antitheses of Islam

 

The case of Raif Badawi the Saudi Arabian blogger

Raif Badawi owned the, now closed, website "Free Saudi Liberals" and was arrested in June 2012 with the accusation of cyber crime and disrespect to his father.

The sentence

The Islamic fascists of Saudi Arabia, after a state appeal, have administered the following punishment on Raif Badawi:

1000 public lashes 50 of which were administered yesterday.
A fine of £195,000.
A ten year jail sentence.

His wife and kids have escaped to Canada. 
His lawyer, human rights activist Waleed Abu al-Khair  has also been jailed for 15 years.
                                                                                                                       

Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi wants a modernised Islam

An action worth taking notice is this of the New Year speech of the Egyptian President.
Speaking while addressing the country's top Islamic authorities, he said that interpretations of the faith throughout the eons have made the Muslim world a source of destruction pitted against the rest of the world.
“It’s inconceivable,” he said, “that the thinking that we hold most sacred should cause the entire umma [Islamic world] to be a source of anxiety, danger, killing and destruction for the rest of the world. Impossible!”
“Is it possible,” asked Sisi, “that 1.6 billion people should want to kill the rest of the world’s inhabitants—that is 7 billion—so that they themselves may live?”

These comments were made at the celebration of the birth of the prophet Mohamed.
It is quite surprising that he, a major Muslim leader, is wording things which are taboo by most Western leaders.
 A big part in this must be an effort to show the West that Egypt can be an influential power. Also that he wants Egypt to be propelled into a more democratic state.
On this goal he is said to be considering the release of three Australian journalists condemned to 7 and 10 years imprisonment for "spreading lies to help a terrorist organisation".
He also participated in the Coptic celebrations of Christmas. Christians are 10% of the population.
“It is important that the whole world watch us, the Egyptians,” Sisi, a Sunni Muslim, told the congregation after arriving at the cathedral. “You noticed that I am not using another word than Egyptians … We are the Egyptians.”

Is el-Sissi a new champion of the west?