Malaysia Detains Saudi Over Twitter Posts on Prophet

Mr. Kashgari’s tweets incited outrage in the conservative Islamic country, where many regarded them as blasphemous, and reportedly prompted the king to call for his arrest. Blasphemy is a crime punishable by death in Saudi Arabia. More than 13,000 people have joined a Facebook page titled “The Saudi People Demand the Execution of Hamza Kashgari.” According to The Daily Beast, a friend of Mr. Kashgari, who asked not to be named, accompanied him to the airport and witnessed his detention. “We were just watching him, waiting for him to pass the immigration checkpoint. Once he submitted his passport, they asked him to step away for a few minutes,” The Daily Beast quoted the friend as saying. “And suddenly these two people without uniforms just arrested him.”

Malaysia Detains Saudi Over Twitter Posts on Prophet