Saudi Arabian man is jailed for 10 years and given 2,000

A Saudi Arabian court has given orders that a 28-year-old man be  sentenced to  10 years in prison and  be given 2,000 lashes after the state's Islamic police discovered 600 tweets professing his atheism. He  ridiculed the Koran and denied the existence of God on Twitter.

Under laws introduced two years ago, by King Abdullah,  atheism is defined as 'terrorism'. 

The defiant man said the social media posts reflected his beliefs and that  he had the right to express them. Police found his tweets ridiculed verses from the Koran, accused all prophets of lying, stating that religious teaching fueled hostilities, and denying the existence of God.

 

source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk