{"id":5735,"date":"2014-06-06T17:09:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T16:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/?p=5735"},"modified":"2014-06-06T17:09:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T16:09:32","slug":"spain-deport-pakistani-refugee-criticizing-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/2014\/06\/06\/spain-deport-pakistani-refugee-criticizing-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain to Deport Pakistani Refugee for Criticizing Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/spain-imran-firasat-innocent-prophet.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5700\" src=\"https:\/\/soerenkern.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/spain-imran-firasat-innocent-prophet.gif\" alt=\"spain imran firasat innocent prophet\" width=\"600\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that a political refugee should be deported because his criticism of Islam is a threat to national security.<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spain to Deport Pakistani Refugee for Criticizing Islam<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Soeren Kern | <a title=\"Spain to Deport Pakistani Refugee for Criticizing Islam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4344\/imran-firasat-spain\" target=\"_blank\">Gatestone Institute<\/a> | June 6, 2014<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that a political refugee should be deported because his criticism of Islam poses \u201ca danger to the security of Spain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The May 30 <a href=\"http:\/\/soerenkern.com\/pdfs\/docs\/FirasatRuling.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">ruling<\/a>, which upholds an earlier decision by a lower court to revoke the refugee status of a Pakistani ex-Muslim named Imran Firasat, showcases how the fear of Muslim rage continues to threaten the exercise of free speech in Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Spain to Deport Pakistani Refugee for Criticizing Islam\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/4344\/imran-firasat-spain\" target=\"_blank\">Continue Reading Article Here<\/a>\u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spanish Supreme Court has ruled that a political refugee should be deported because his criticism of Islam is a threat to national security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[100,113,48,109],"tags":[61,181,177],"class_list":["post-5735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-european-union","category-freedom-of-speech","category-islam-in-europe","category-spain-islam-in-europe","tag-free-speech","tag-islam-in-europe","tag-spain"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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