Saudi Arabia denies consular access to Zaid Hamid

[Indus Pakistan]

capturing a clown and whipping his as* cant possibly be a 'message'.


yet another blatant racist comment.

Not wanting to be "superior" Arab and just a "low class" Pakistani makes me racist? What pipe are you smoking?

 

[!eon]

he is not important.. a blogger getting similar treatment... question is was zaid stupid enough to do the same inside KSA?

He was flying too high these days. May be over confident, may be extra stupid

 

[FaujHistorian]

Saudis shouldn't punish him for anything he said in Pakistan. If they objected to his views, they could have simply refused him a visa.If he said something within Saudi Arabia, he could have been deported - unless of course, he was inciting people to violence, which is a major crime and calls for punishment. Still, it does feel sad to think of the poor idiot getting 1,000 lashes.

Secondly, it is is ironical in the extreme that I and most other Indians on this forum find this treatment of Zaid Hamid by the Saudis shocking. Come to think of it, this man dreams of destroying our country, our constitution, our houses of worship and our way of life. Still, we don't hate him - we just think of him as an idiot, a mentally challenged person who doesn't know what he is talking about. Maybe this is what is wrong with our culture - we are not so much into blind hatred, even against those who openly talk of killing us. Maybe this is what makes us soft against religious zealots who have hit us time and again in our history. This is what separates us from these monsters, but sadly, this is also what makes us vulnerable to these monsters.

Many Bharati posters are indeed having virtual orgasm to see this dimwit Mullah type being punished.

Rest assured, he will be pardoned at some point and he will be back with vengeance. Sadly.

He is one of the most idiotic baja that our broken education system and made up history has produced.

Kind of similar to Bharat's Modi (the diff here? Modi iis PM while ZH is just a TV bhonpoo).

 

[RescueRanger]

Thank you very much for sharing this video, If you get the time please consider reading "The Essential T.E. Lawrence" by Durndell [1951], sums up perfectly why the Arabs sit on this self invented throne of "superiority". To quote Lawrence "all the revision in the world will not save a bad first draft: for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in the first conception, and revision only affects the detail and ornament, alas!"

 

[Levina]

Of course, it is Ramadan that is why I asked you to stop mentioning the unmentionables!

You're insensitive VC.

May be he is undercover on a top secret mission?

They knew the popularity of Zaid Hamid in Pakistan.And they were looking for a chance to prove their superiority after that Yemen issue.

His recent tweets vis-a-vis Saudi role in Yemen conflict might have irked them. Now that his wife is allowed to meet him, more news on this would be out in the media soon.

Waise that reminds me....me bhi toh Middle east me hu.

 

[VCheng]

You're insensitive VC.


His recent tweets vis-a-vis Saudi role in Yemen conflict might have irked them. Now that his wife is allowed to meet him, more news on this would be out in the media soon.

Waise that reminds me....me bhi toh Middle east me hu.

Insensitive? Me? Nope.

I would wait for more information on the precise nature of the charges first. I am not sure that his sentence has been confirmed by any reliable source. May be his wife will be able to tell us more in some time.

 

[!eon]

By that logic when a Saudi prince or fakeer hunts rare birds in Pakistan, he deserves punishment as per Pak laws.

Not only Saudi prince but many other foreigners did and doing that.
Even our own elite doesn't follow Pakistani laws. What to say about foreigners.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Thank you very much for sharing this video, If you get the time please consider reading "The Essential T.E. Lawrence" by Durndell [1951], sums up perfectly why the Arabs sit on this self invented throne of "superiority". To quote Lawrence "all the revision in the world will not save a bad first draft: for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in the first conception, and revision only affects the detail and ornament, alas!"

I have not read that book but I read other accounts on T.E.Lawrence. What comes across is the absolute backwardness of the nomadic desert Arabs tribes. Oil was double edged sword. The downside was although the oil money transformed the outer surface of these nomadic cultures but also helped in "freeze drying" their medieval mindset which has promptly been exported to countries like Pakistan with devasting consequences. Our ruling class allowed this to happen without any checks and now it is almost impossible to grip.

@levina Let this be warning to you. Caution when saying anything or you will end up in cell next door to Zaid .....

 

[!eon]

is it confirmed that he has been arrested or yet to be confirmed ? I don't take social media as a credible source.

At least his arrest is confirmed. Trial and sentence is unconfirmed.

 

[Levina]

I am not sure that his sentence has been confirmed by any reliable source

Right.

 

[VCheng]

their medieval minset which has promptly been exported to countries like Pakistan with devasting consequences.

Some would say that the region's greatest gift to mankind ever was Islam itself, and thus they are to be revered.

 

[ACE OF THE AIR]

His views are ridiculous , biased , outright stupid or totally degrading.
In that case he should be thrown out of the country (Saudi Arabia). But they have no business/authority treating a citizen of another country like that.
He did not commit any heinous crime to be put in jail for 8 years. There are lot many terrorists roaming freely, making hate speeches and getting away with that. Why pick on a powerless joker ?

Pakistan as a sovereign country should demand consular access to its citizen.

He said all this on Pakistani media but in reality the punishment that he faces is for not letting Pakistan Army to join the Coalition against Yemen.

 

[VCheng]

Right.

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Exactly. I think there is a still a chance he might be deported after suitable interrogation, and all this will blow over soon.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

Some would say that the region's greatest gift to mankind ever was Islam itself, and thus they are to be revered.

No comment ......

 

[thepakistani]

Zaid Hamid has been speaking good against india and about Gazwatulhind. But his original background is very very dark. He was 2nd in common to yousef kazab who claimed to be prophet of Allah. After his benificial death zaid becomes this outspoken zaid Hamid with typically adapted dress.
I am personally some what happy on this news, as he was creating followers to do something. ..not Islamic not Pakistani but self projection like tahir ul qadri.