Back in 2014, Saudi Arabia introduced a series of laws which define atheists as terrorists. King Abdullah issued Royal Decree 44, which criminalises “participating in hostilities outside the kingdom” with prison sentences of between three and 20 years.

I think this law is outrageous. Atheists are not terrorists by any stretch of the word. They are just people who don’t believe in God. They don’t have to believe in anything they are not persuaded to believe in. This is a clear violation of human rights, extreme censorship and arguably an attempt to control the thoughts of others. Who exactly would Abdullah be claiming these atheists are terrorising?

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Topics: religion, terrorism, atheism, discrimination, extremism, saudia arabia