Saudi Woman To Get Flogged For Mistakenly Promoting Shia Islam Via Text

Muslims have no tolerance. Shiites hate Sunnis, Sunnis hate Shiites, they both hate the Ahmadis, Ishmailis and all the other Islamic sects that exist as offshoots of Islam. In countries that have a dominant sect as its ruling religion all others are persecuted, marginalized, and discriminated against. In Saudi Arabia, which promotes an ultra-conservative form of Sunni Islam "Wahhabism", you can get flogged for being a Shia Muslim. It's not allowed.

A Saudi woman has been sentenced to eight lashes by a court in Qatif for mistakenly sending a text message allegedly promoting the Shiite branch of Islam.

The 30-year-old woman, identified only as YH, has been pronounced guilty for sending an SMS to another Saudi woman, containing a group of telephone numbers under the name 'Shiite Islamic religious services'.

One phone number apparently led to Ayatollah Sistani, Iraq's most senior Shiite cleric who is renowned throughout the Gulf for his learned counsel on Islamic law.

The Saudi Arabian state is a staunch adherent to the Sunni branch of Islam, and publicly disparages the Shia sect. Shia Muslims are not allowed to practice their faith, or even profess their sectarian beliefs in private.

The act of calling people for Shiism, or openly advocating the Shia faith, has been pronounced as haram (forbidden and despicable in Arabic) by the Attorney General, who publicly demanded that YH be severely punished.

The sentence was eventually conferred by judge Davoud Mohammad al-Davoud, who, according to local sources, is an extremist sectarian with a history of harsh judgements.

Obviously the recipient of the text message tattled on this woman.

The woman contested but  lost.

If Muslims can't even respect fellow Muslims, how can we expect them to respect those of other faiths.