AN Indonesian civil servant who declared himself an atheist on Facebook was arrested and is now facing jail for blasphemy after being attacked by an angry mob, police said today.
Alexander An, 30, who wrote "God doesn't exist" on his Facebook page, was beaten by a mob of dozens on Wednesday in his hometown in Pulau Punjung, West Sumatra province.
"He is suspected of having blasphemed against Islam," local police chief Chairul Aziz told AFP.
"The man told police investigators that if God really exists and has absolute power, why didn't he prevent bad things from happening in this world."
An said on his Facebook page that he was brought up as a Muslim, like the vast majority in Indonesia, where blasphemy is a punishable crime carrying a maximum five-year prison term.
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Friday, January 20, 2012
Atheist faces jail after Facebook remark
In Indonesia:
Friday, December 16, 2011
Hitchens: Heaven vs North Korea
In honor of Christopher Hitchens, I wish to share this classic moment where he compares heaven to North Korea:
Friday, October 21, 2011
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Friday, July 22, 2011
Ricky Gervais is making a show about an atheist in heaven:
Hoping to catch lightning in a bottle twice, British comedian Ricky Gervais – who brought The Office to the USA – is working on a new sitcom called Afterlife.
The show will follow an atheist who goes to heaven and is being developed in partnership with Dexter producer Clyde Phillips.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Jerusalem Rabbis Condemn Reincarnated Lawyer Dog to Death by Stoning
From BBC:
A Jewish rabbinical court condemned to death by stoning a stray dog it feared was the reincarnation of a lawyer who insulted its judges, reports say.
The dog entered the Jerusalem financial court several weeks ago and would not leave, reports Israeli website Ynet.
It reminded a judge of a curse passed on a now deceased secular lawyer about 20 years ago, when judges bid his spirit to enter the body of a dog.
The animal is said to have escaped before the sentence was carried out.
One of the judges at the court in the city's ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighbourhood had reportedly asked local children to carry out the sentence...
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