According to Reuters, Mauritanian
court December 24 sentenced a Muslim man to death for insulting Prophet
Muhammad, the founder of Islam.
Mohamed Cheikh Ould
Mkhaitir was arrested about a year ago after he had written a critical article
about Prophet Muhammad and the caste system, Reuters reports. The convict
challenged some of the Prophet’s actions.
The 28-year-old condemned
to death insisted that his piece had been misinterpreted. A source disclosed
that during the hearing Mohamed explained that it was “not his intention to
harm the prophet”.
The prosecution requested
for the man to be executed, which is in accordance with Sharia law.
AFP adds with reference to
an anonymous source that the writer fainted upon hearing the court ruling.
The trial stared Tuesday
and was already over Wednesday.
It is worth mentioning that
Mauritania has not executed anyone since 1987, according to the Amnesty
International.
Reuters
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