Sadagatoglu and Tagi's appeal denied
I saw this coming, but it's still good reason to be angry:
"A Baku appeal court on 6 July upheld the prison sentences imposed on 4 May on Samir Sadagatoglu, the editor of the weekly Sanat, and Rafik Tagi, one of his journalists, for an article critical of Islam, entitled 'Europe and Us,' that was published on 6 November 2006. Sadagatoglu was sentenced to four years in prison, and Tagi to three years."
Cases like this really give us a reason to pause and be thankful that we can live and work in a country with a free press. "Europe and Us" simply discussed whether European societies were more tolerant and more successful than Islamic ones, a subject that could be debated at any given moment in an American paper. "There are no offensive words addressed to the Prophet," Tagi said. "On the other hand, we do not live in a religious state."
LEARN ABOUT THE CASE: Samir Sadagatoglu and Rafik Tagi - Journalists jailed for 'insulting' Islam
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