A judge in Saudi Arabia recently sentenced a man to 60 lashes for accusing a Saudi writer of being “secular”:
“Secularism is a disease. And accusing someone of being secular is just like accusing him of being an infidel. Doubting people’s intentions, and throwing accusations at others without knowledge is not the characteristic of Muslims”Personally, I'd rather be called "secular" than a "Seventh-century lizard-eating wife-beater", but maybe that's just me. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at January 26, 2004 07:00 AM