Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari has been arrested in Malaysia after his tweets about the Prophet Muhammad.The Wall Street Journal said “Hamza Kashgari, was detained on Thursday morning at the departure hall of Kuala Lumpur International Airport at the request of Saudi authorities”
Mr. Kashgari, a 23-year-old newspaper columnist from the coastal city of Jeddah.
He tweeted a series of controversial tweets about the Prophet Muhammed on Saturday.
“On your birthday, I will say that I have loved the rebel in you, that you’ve always been a source of inspiration to me, and that I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for you,” he wrote in one tweet.
“On your birthday, I find you wherever I turn. I will say that I have loved aspects of you, hated others, and could not understand many more,” he wrote in a second.
“On your birthday, I shall not bow to you. 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,” he concluded in a third.
