Saudi blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes for ‘insulting Islam’ could now face the death penalty

The Saudi Arabian blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes could now face the death penalty, his wife has revealed.

Raif Badawi hit headlines earlier this year when he was handed the sentence for supposedly insulting Islam…

…Yesterday Ensaf Haidar, wife of the father-of-three, said her country’s criminal courts want him to undergo a retrial for apostasy.

She said the ‘dangerous information’ had come from ‘official sources’ inside the conservative kingdom. If found guilty he could face the death penalty.’
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