num_pages: 80
description: Raif Badawi's is an important voice for all of us to hear mild nuanced but clear. His examination of his culture is perceptive and rigorous. Of course he must be saved from the dreadful sentence against him and the appalling conditions of his imprisonment. But he must also be read so that we understand the struggle within Islam between suffocating orthodoxy and free expression and make sure we find ourselves on the right side of that struggle. &amp;#8212;Salman RushdieThe pivotal texts of Raif Badawi the liberal Saudi Arabian blogger arrested for blogging about free speech and sentenced to 1000 lashes and 10 years in prison on charges related to accusations that he insulted Islam on his blog.Raif Badawi a Saudi Arabian blogger shared his thoughts on politics religion and liberalism online. He was sentenced to 1000 lashes ten years in prison and a fine of around $315000. This politically topical polemic gathers together Badawis pivotal texts. He expresses his opinions on life in an autocratic-Islamic state under the Sharia and his perception of freedom of expression human and civil rights tolerance and the necessary separation of state and religion.
language: English
title: 1000 Lashes: Because I Say What I Think
publisher: Greystone Books