Tweets About The Prophet Mohammad Lead To Execution Threats Against Twitter User

Hamza Kashgari, 23, was forced to flee his country this week after tweets he posted involving the Prophet Mohammed led to calls for his execution by radical Islamists.

The young Saudi Arabian man sent the following tweets addressed to Mohammed:

“I have loved the rebel in you, you’ve always been a source of inspiration to me.”

He then tweeted:

“I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for you,” and “I shall not kiss your hand. Rather, I shall shake it as equals do, and smile at you as you smile at me. I shall speak to you as a friend, no more.”

Following his bold statements he received more than 30,000 responses, mostly negative against his public use of Mohammad as an equal.

While Kashgari managed to delete his Twitter account his home address was eventually posted online through the video streaming website YouTube and vigilantes looking to end the young man’s life began staking out his Mosque which led to fleeing the country.

In the meantime a leading cleric in the country has demanded that me be tried for apostasy which is punishable by death while the countries king issued a warrant for his arrest.

Speaking to local media Kashgari said:

“I’m afraid, and I don’t know where to go. “

Saudi blogger Fouad al-Farhan wrote that Kashgari “crossed the line” and “We’ve never had our own Salman Rushdie before.”

The location of Kashgari has not been revealed for his own protection and he will likely never be allowed back in his country without the threat of violence or quite possibly death.

Do you think calls of an execution against the Saudi Arabian man are ridiculous and a bit mid-evil?