Ex-Muslim Atheist Palestinian, Walid Husayin, facing life sentence for “insulting” Islam as some call for his death for apostasy

Walid Husayin, 26, a barber and son of an Islamic scholar from the Palestinian West Bank town of Qalqiliya, has been arrested there for secretly “posting anti-religion rants” on blogs and Facebook. Ahmed Abu-Asal, owner of the internet cafe from where he posted his messages said he was caught after an employee there reported him to intelligence officials.

The Associated Press reports,

a potential life prison sentence on heresy charges for "insulting the divine essence." Many in this conservative Muslim town say he should be killed for renouncing Islam

"He should be burned to death," said Abdul-Latif Dahoud, a 35-year-old Qalqiliya resident. The execution should take place in public "to be an example to others," he added.

suspected of posting arguments in favor of atheism

Allah as having the attributes of a "primitive Bedouin."

called Islam a "blind faith that grows and takes over people's minds where there is irrationality and ignorance."

sarcastically declared himself God and ordered his followers, among other things, to smoke marijuana in verses that spoof the Muslim holy book, the Quran.

Two cousins attributed the writings to depression, saying Husayin was desperate to find better work.

Such "stalking" on Facebook and other social media sites has become increasingly common in the Arab world.

in Egypt, a blogger was charged with atheism in 2007 after intelligence officials monitored his posts.

a small minority has questioned whether the [Palestinian] government went too far

Source: AP


[ This comes only a couple of days after Asia Bibi, a Christian woman, was sentenced to death for blasphemy in Pakistan, and as Muslim countries push for a global blasphemy law at the U.N.


It now seems common for Muslims to accuse those leaving Islam as suffering from mental illness.

Husayin is alleged here to be suffering from depression. Abdul Rahman, an Afghan convert to Christianity from Islam, was alleged by some to be mentally unfit during his 2006 trial for apostasy, which is punishable by death in Afghanistan.

This is similar to what atheist Soviet Communists did in the past with “Punitive psychiatry” that labeled those who do not subscribe to their atheist totalitarian ideology as mentally ill.

This probably still happens even today in the atheist communist North Korea which is in an unholy alliance with the Iranian Islamic theocracy and Syria by selling them nuclear and ballistic equipments.

And those Muslims pushing for global blasphemy laws at the U.N. probably also want to label anyone who criticizes Islam as suffering from the mental disease called "Islamophobia".


Muslims will no doubt will be angry now that Husayin "spoof the Muslim holy book, the Quran". However, Hussein Didi and his workmates in the Maldives thought it was funny when they spoofed not only the Koran but also Islamic prayer, while insulting non-Muslims and calling them "swine". Could it be that in their twisted minds, it is funny and okay, as long as it is directed against non-Muslim "infidels".


Husayin likened Islam to "primitive Bedouin" culture. This has been discussed in an earlier article posted on this blog that included criticism by the U.N. of "primordial" aspects of Arab [and by extension Islamic] culture.


An earlier article on this blog contained the following quote by Bob Siegel criticizing politically correct portray of Islam - “a popular notions that Islam is a wonderful religion, mostly peaceful, yet distorted and misrepresented by a few terrorists”.

The following quote mentioned earlier in this article that “a small minority has questioned whether the government went too far” in arresting Husayin, while “many” in the town wants him dead, supports Siegel's assertion that Islamic extremists are not a just a tiny minority as liars and wishful thinkers claim.

And this situation is not confined to the Palestinian West Bank either. The situation would be similar or worst in Hamas controlled Gaza, Egpyt, Afghanistan, Saudia Arabia - which had only restored Facebook a few hours ago after blocking it temporarily for some reason or other - and Syria where Facebook is banned completely.

Finally, keep in mind that Husayin might be let off lightly due to publicity. Do not be fooled if that happens as it will only be a publicity stunt. The important thing to note then is that the law will still remain intact with no moves to repeal it.]

Prayer to “merciful” Allah before slitting a conscious animal's throat and bleeding it to death in UK Halal slaughter

Muslim Halal slaughter of animals involve the recitation of the Islamic Bismillah prayer in Arabic: ‘In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful’, before slitting the throat of a fully conscious animal and leaving it to bleed in agony to death.

Muslims say the animals must remain conscious to hear the prayer, although some disagree arguing for the need to care for animals. [It is more likely though that the cruel method is the right way, as it is consistent with other “barbaric” Islamic practices, such as stoning to death for adultery, cutting off the hand of thieves and robbers, death penalty for blasphemy and apostasy.]

UK law requires animals to be stunned before slaughter so that they would be unconscious during the process. But exceptions are allowed for religious reasons and Muslims and Jews have used it to not stun animals in the production of Halal and Kosher meat. Others also have followed suit, not for religious reason but to cut cost, and the practice has been increasing.

British Veterinary Association, and the Farm Animal Welfare Council, which advices the Government, have called for this practice to be banned saying it causes ‘intolerable cruelty’.

Currently there is no legal requirement for Halal meat to be labeled and campaigners have called for compulsory labeling to give consumer a choice. Two months ago, the Daily Mail (UK) exposed shops selling unlabeled Halal meat to unwitting customer. In June, the European Parliament decided to require labeling of Halal and Kosher meat that came from unstunned animals, but needs approval from member states before the proposal becomes law.

[Contradictions: Prayer to the most “merciful” Allah before unmercifully slaughtering an animal?

Are there any similarities between halal slaughter and what happened to Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Rodionov and others like him?

Muslims want to be give the choice to eat their halal meat, but will they and those who defend the Muslims' and others right to chose, also give those who do not want to eat halal meat, the choice not to eat it? Choice for Muslims but not for others? But the reals solution is not to label it but to ban it altogether.

It would be very interesting what that left wing animal rights activist, Volkert van der Graaf, who assassinated Pim Fortuyn for criticizing Muslims, and others like him, think of this particular Islamic cultural practice? Would he agree that halal slaughter is culturally “backward”, as Fortuyn would have said?]

Source: Daily Mail (U.K.)

Related story: Boycott Allah's Halal meat secretly being sold without labeling

Taqiyya BIG talk: Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid exaggerates death toll, as they regularly do

 Taliban suicide car bomb attack in a bazzar in Dwa Mandala district of Afghanistan's Khost province killed a policeman and an Afghan soldier, and injured four others, according to provincial police chief Abdul Hakim Eshaqzai.

 Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the attack was targeted at foreigners and claimed 14 were killed and 9 injured.

 The Associated Press (AP) writer RAHIM FAIEZ explained the discrepancy saying,

the Taliban regularly exaggerate casualties caused by their attacks

[Could add, minimize their losses and blame attacks, deliberate or accidental, that kill scores of innocent civilians on their opponents. Just another psychological feature or behavioral pattern associated with some Muslim cultures. Typical.]

Source: AP 

Related story: Deadly dysfunctional Muslim culture, past, present, future, and why democracy and modernization fail