What to Expect from the Israeli Election
Contrary to popular wisdom, it’s not all about the blocs.
September 16, 2019
An imprisoned Saudi dissident’s wife speaks out against anti-Semitism.
In 2012, Raif Badawi, a dissident Saudi blogger, was arrested on charges of apostasy and insulting Islam. Two years later, a Saudi court sentenced him to ten years in prison and 1,000 lashes, of which he has so far received only the first set of 50. His wife, Ensaf Haidar, has since taken refuge in Canada, and devoted herself to obtaining his freedom and to human-rights causes more generally. She writes of the anti-Semitism endemic to the Arab world:
Contrary to popular wisdom, it’s not all about the blocs.
The attacks on Saudi Arabia are part of a larger pattern.
An imprisoned Saudi dissident’s wife speaks out against anti-Semitism.
Unlike Auschwitz or Dachau, the Warsaw Ghetto cannot be visited in any meaningful way.
And the rabbi who exiled him to Cleveland.
In 2012, Raif Badawi, a dissident Saudi blogger, was arrested on charges of apostasy and insulting Islam. Two years later, a Saudi court sentenced him to ten years in prison and 1,000 lashes, of which he has so far received only the first set of 50. His wife, Ensaf Haidar, has since taken refuge in Canada, and devoted herself to obtaining his freedom and to human-rights causes more generally. She writes of the anti-Semitism endemic to the Arab world:
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