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MALAYSIAN POLICE DETAINED A SAUDI FOR INSULTING PROPHET IN A TWEET


KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Police have arrested a Saudi Arabian columnist who fled his country after making comments on Twitter deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammad, prompting a surge of online outrage and calls for his execution.
“It is confirmed that Malaysian police have detained the Saudi writer. This arrest was part of an Interpol operation which the Malaysian police were a part of,” a police spokesman told Reuters today.
Hamza Kashgari posted a controversial tweet on the prophet's birthday last week that sparked more than 30,000 responses and several death threats.
He was held on arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Thursday, following a request from Interpol, officials said on Friday.
  • The 23-year-old tweeted on Saturday: "I have loved things about you and I have hated things about you and there is a lot I don't understand about you. I will not pray for you," the AFP news agency reported.
    It is unclear if the newspaper columnist will be extradited.
  • He has apologised for his remarks and removed the offending tweets, but that did not stem the outrage. Clerics have called for him to be charged in court.
  • It is considered blasphemous to insult the prophet. Blasphemy can be punishable by death in Saudi Arabia.
Malaysian authorities did not say where Mr Kashgari flew to Kuala Lumpur from. He allegedly fled his country after the Saudi king ordered his arrest, said Twitter users. His Twitter account appears to have been deleted.
Muslim-majority Malaysia does not have a formal extradition treaty with Saudi Arabia. However, an official who did not wish to be named told the AFP news agency that Mr Kashgari could be extradited under other bilateral security agreements.
Source: BBC
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