"Raif Badawi's is an important voice for all of us to hear" Salman Rushdie
Rai
f Badawi, a Saudi Arabian blogger, shared his thoughts on politics, religion, an
d liberalism online. He was sentenced to 1,000 lashes, ten years in prison, and
a fine of 1 million Saudi Riyal, over a quarter of a million U.S. dollars. This
politically topical polemic gathers together Badawi s pivotal texts. He expresse
s his opinions on life in an autocratic-Islamic state under the Sharia and his p
erception of freedom of expression, human and civil rights, tolerance and the ne
cessary separation of state and religion.
