Raif Badawi Blog Analysis

Raif Badawi Blog
Not all countries have the freedom of speech; some people are brave enough to speak the truth about their beliefs. Having the freedom of speech is the most precious right; it gives people the opportunity of opinion to their own thoughts and beliefs. The freedom of speech is the freedom to speak honestly and not getting in trouble about it. Raif Badawi, a thirty year old man who lives in Saudi Arabia, was brave enough to speak about his thoughts, but he never thought about the trouble he was going to get in. He blogged an article on the internet insulting Islam. He speaks about the tragedy that Americans suffered in September 2001, about how many innocent people lost their lives in the attack.
Raif Badawi is the author of this website and the writer of the article that he designed to speak about his thoughts about terrorists.

It is a strong article that his country did not like a lot. He starts off by talking about the September eleventh terrorists, without thinking about the punishment that he was going to get for blogging this information. A simple website where you can see a few things that he posted in this website. The article talks about emotional things that are interesting to read about. The website is really simple with just the article, a few pictures below the article, and a couple comments in the website. One of the comments is by the side of Raif Badawi and the other against Raif Badawi.
The Article was very negative towards his country, Saudi, Aribia. The government was not happy, and sent Raif Badawi to jail. He was arrested for the article in 2012. He was insulting Islam in the article. He was sentenced to 7 years in prison and 600 lashes in 2013, but that was not enough for the judge because he was resentenced to 10 years in jail, 1000 lashes, and a fine. In America freedom of speech is widely used, it is unbelievable what happens in other countries if it used.
He has a lot of followers that are on his side supporting him. A lot of people believe he deserves freedom. The punishment that he is receiving has caused an international outcry in the world. I found out about this article by msn.com and there is more news in the media about this cruel punishment that he receiving. It is just insane how inhuman some people are. Maybe he needs to be punished for what he did, but this is not the kind of punishment he deserves.
When I was reading the article. I felt the article was not that offensive to get the punishment that he is facing. He is just speaking his opinion about how people are. It is crazy how the world has war and terrorists don’t see any wrong in what they do. There are always innocent people dying for no reason. He is expressing his emotion in the article about how his people in his country should be more open and not so judgmental about other countries beliefs. He tells is audience that everybody should follow what America stands for. Americans do not judge somebody based on their beliefs or if they feel like something is wrong they do not act on it in such a terrible way as his country did. They find a better resolution to solve their problems. I believe what he is trying to say about America is they set a good example of how a country should act; they should act as one unit. He points out in is article an interesting point. That the people in his country are so one-dimensional and are self centered that he does not know how they all get along. Raif makes another good point in his article when he says that in his country if you are not Muslim you do not belong which leads to a corrupt country.
The pictures showing people raising money to help Raif shows how many people are involved with this issue. People all over the world are showing their support. A couple examples of ways people around the world are helping are in Quebec. They are letting people bungee jump to raise money not only for Raif, but for people like him who are speaking out and trying to make their country better. Another example is the stand for Raif in Rome where hundreds are standing outside the Saudi embassy holding signs and pictures to free Raif because his punishment was unreasonable and in just.
There is a video that stands for Raif Badawi in Ottowa by Ms.

Shahla Khan Salter. She is speaking about the freedom of Raif and how he should be free to enjoy the family. She talks about how the Supreme Court is corrupted. She believes that they took the wrong approach in Raif’s punishment; she goes into depth about how Raif told the court that he was Muslim and he was just expressing is freedom of speech. Even Raif’s lawyer was sentenced to prison for twenty-five years because he was taking his side. Ms. Khan makes an interesting point when she says that the reason they punished him and his lawyer was unconstitutional and should have taken a different approach to his case. She talks about how Saudi and other countries have unstable laws. Which makes their countries look weak and corrupt. Which Raif writes about in is blog. This speech was very emotional and well thought out. Ms. Khan is one of the few people who are speaking out and standing up for what they believe is right, and they never would have done that if it was not for Raif’s blog. He showed other people that it is okay to stand up for what they believe

in.
In conclusion, Raif’s blog has influenced many people all over the world and has led people to stand up for what they believe in and has inspired people to go out of their way to better their lives and not be afraid of their country. Even though Raif may never be free, his blog has changed the way his peers and followers evaluate their lives and how they live. I think that his blog has inspired people all over the world to change and not just think about themselves. I hope someday that all of this hard work people have put into trying to free Raif will be paid off with his freedom. I picked this blog because it was inspirational. I believe there are a lot of people that come to America to be free and not be afraid of anything because America is a free country.