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Malaysian
authorities have deported a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet
Muhammad in a tweet.
Police
confirmed to the BBC that Hamza Kashgari was sent back to Saudi Arabia on
Sunday despite protests from human rights groups.
Mr
Kashgari's controversial tweet last week sparked more than 30,000 responses and
several death threats.
Insulting
the prophet is considered blasphemous in Islam and is punishable by death in
Saudi Arabia.
Mr
Kashgari, 23, fled Saudi Arabia last week and was detained upon his arrival in
the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
He had
tweeted his doubts about Muhammad on the prophet's birthday last week. Saudi
clerics condemned his remarks as blasphemous.
Injunction
Mr Kashgari
apologised and deleted the tweet, but when he continued to receive threats, he
left for Malaysia.
The two
countries do not have a formal extradition treaty but Malaysia has good
relations with Saudi Arabia as a fellow Muslim country, says the BBC's Jennifer
Pak, in Kuala Lumpur.
Mr
Kashgari's lawyer obtained an injunction on Sunday to allow him to stay in
Malaysia until his case was heard, but it was too late, our correspondent says.
"The
nature of the charges against the individual in this case are a matter for the
Saudi Arabian authorities," Malaysia's home ministry said in a statement.
Amnesty International
has warned that Mr Kashgari could be executed in Saudi Arabia if he is found
guilty of apostasy.
"If
the Malaysian authorities hand over Hamza Kashgari to Saudi Arabia, they could
end up complicit in any violations he suffers," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui
of Amnesty's Middle East division.
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Kashgari
apologised for his comments and said he
was being made a "scapegoat for a
larger conflict"
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