Somehow I doubt that the supporters of academic freedom for the likes of Ward Churchill will say a word in protest of the imprisonment and flogging of Mohammad al-Harbi, who was taken to court by his colleagues for daring to speak contrary to the Saudi governmentÂ’s religious edicts.

Al-Madina newspaper said secondary-school teacher Mohammad al-Harbi, who will be flogged in public, was taken to court by his colleagues and students.

He was charged with promoting a "dubious ideology, mocking religion, saying the Jews were right, discussing the Gospel and preventing students from leaving class to wash for prayer," the newspaper said.

Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, strictly upholds the austere Wahhabi school of Islam and bases its constitution on the Koran and the sayings of the prophet Muhammad. Public practice of any other religion is banned.

And this isnÂ’t the first time a teacher has been punished for such apostate comments.

Come on, folks, when are you going to speak out in favor of the academic freedom of teachers in other countries? How about religious freedom?

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