ISRAEL MATZAV: 'Palestinian' blogger faces life in prison for insulting Islam on Facebook

A 'Palestinian' blogger faces life in prison for insulting Islam and the 'prophet.' No, not in Hamastan. In the 'moderate' 'Palestinian Authority.'
A mysterious blogger who set off an uproar in the Arab world by claiming he was God and hurling insults at the Prophet Muhammad is now behind bars – caught in a sting that used Facebook to track him down.

The case of the unlikely apostate, a shy barber from the West Bank town of Qalqilya, is highlighting the limits of tolerance in the Western-backed Palestinian Authority – and illustrating a new trend by authorities in the Arab world to mine social media for evidence.

Residents of Qalqilya say they had no idea that Walid Husayin – the 26-year-old son of a Muslim scholar – was leading a double life.

Now, Husayin faces a potential life prison sentence on heresy charges for "insulting the divine essence." Many in this conservative Muslim town say he should be killed for renouncing Islam, and even family members say he should remain behind bars for life.

"He should be burned to death," said Abdul-Latif Dahoud, a 35-year-old Qalqilya resident. The execution should take place in public "to be an example to others," he added.
Read the whole thing - it describes what he wrote and how he was caught. It ought to make the Obama administration think twice about what kind of 'state' they are backing in Judea and Samaria and how much different from Hamastan it is likely to be. But they won't have any second thoughts as a result of this incident.

What could go wrong?