Comments on: ‘False Prophet’ in Saudi Arabia http://xrdarabia.org/2008/08/25/false-prophet-in-saudi-arabia/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:41:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Burgess http://xrdarabia.org/2008/08/25/false-prophet-in-saudi-arabia/comment-page-1/#comment-15167 John Burgess Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:37:44 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=5231#comment-15167 Those could all well be true. His name does not look particularly Islamic and Madinah city is restricted to Muslims only, not the entire area, as you note. Those could all well be true.

His name does not look particularly Islamic and Madinah city is restricted to Muslims only, not the entire area, as you note.

]]> By: Saudi in US http://xrdarabia.org/2008/08/25/false-prophet-in-saudi-arabia/comment-page-1/#comment-15163 Saudi in US Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:11:10 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=5231#comment-15163 John, The man name sounds like a Christian Lebanese national. As a non Muslim he cannot be an Apostate (murtad). That could be the reason behind the lower sentence. What is confusing is the story is reported from a city of Madina court. It may be that the court issued the statement, because that is the center of the Mmadina province, or he is in fact living and tried in the city which makes him a Muslim with a Christian name. John,

The man name sounds like a Christian Lebanese national. As a non Muslim he cannot be an Apostate (murtad). That could be the reason behind the lower sentence. What is confusing is the story is reported from a city of Madina court. It may be that the court issued the statement, because that is the center of the Mmadina province, or he is in fact living and tried in the city which makes him a Muslim with a Christian name.

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