Calls For Execution Of Saudi Man After He Tweets About Mohammad As An Equal

While many Islamists were reflecting on the anniversary of the Prophet Mohammad’s birth last week, at least one took to Twitter to express his thoughts on the spiritual icon – and these tweets led to calls for his execution and caused him to flee his country under fear of death.

In a series of tweets, writer Hamza Kashgari, 23, expressed his thoughts on Mohammad last week:

“On your birthday, I will say that I have loved the rebel in you, that you’ve always been a source of inspiration to me, and that I do not like the halos of divinity around you.

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