Shariah’s police? Interpol’s honoring of Saudi warrant could lead to arrest of Americans

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Over the weekend, a drama with potentially horrific consequences for freedom-loving Americans played out half-a-world away. A Saudi newspaper columnist named Hamza Kashgari was detained in Malaysia, reportedly on the basis of an alert by Interpol. “This arrest was part of an Interpol operation which the Malaysian police were a part of,” Reuters quotes a Malaysian police spokesman as saying. The alert apparently was mounted in response to a “red notice” (or request for help apprehending an individual) issued by Saudi Arabia. Mr. Kashgari was then sent back to Saudi Arabia, where he faces almost certain death.

Mr. Kashgari’s crime? He criticized the founder of Islam, Muhammad, on his Twitter account. According to press reports, he addressed the man Muslims call the Prophet directly, writing: “I have loved things about you and I have hated things about you. There is a lot I don’t understand about you. … I will not pray for you.”