An atheist blogger whose postings satirizing the Koran set off an uproar in the Arab world has been arrested by the Palestinian authorities and faces a possible life sentence if convicted of heresy, officials said. The blogger, Walid Husayin, 26, a barber from Qalqilya, is suspected of posting atheistic rants on English and Arabic blogs and creating three Facebook groups where he spoofed the Koran, including by declaring himself God and ordering his followers to smoke marijuana. Mr. Husayin has been detained but not charged, a Palestinian security spokesman said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I criticize Israel plenty, but here\u2019s the difference between a society (still) striving for freedom of speech and conscience and whatever the hell it is they\u2019re doing in the Arab world.\u00a0 In Gaza, by the way, this blogger would be put to death.\u00a0 So I guess this guy is lucky to live in Qalqilya.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve spent a lot of time in K\u2019far Saba.\u00a0 You can literally throw a pebble across the wall dividing it from Qalqilya.\u00a0 I\u2019m Zionist enough to still be very proud that such a pebble would travel about twenty yards at the same time it goes 1,000 years back in time.<\/p>\n
I hope that the Palestinians do achieve independence from Israel.\u00a0 When they do, I hope they create something better than this.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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